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Dictionary

es•cape•ment

Pronunciation: (i-skāp'munt), [key]
—n.
1. Horol.the portion of a watch or clock that measures beats and controls the speed of the going train. Cf. anchor escapement, deadbeat (def. 1), lever escapement.
2. a mechanism for regulating the motion of a typewriter carriage, consisting of pawls and a toothed wheel or rack.
3. a mechanism in a piano that causes a hammer to fall back into rest position immediately after striking a string.
4. an act of escaping.
5. Archaic.a way of escape; outlet.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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