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Balance wheel   /bˈæləns wil/   Listen
Balance wheel

noun
1.
A wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat.  Synonym: balance.





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"Balance wheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... called the "balance wheel of the world's trade." The city of Antwerp is said to have forty miles of quays—ahead of New York City. When the war broke out Belgium had just completed a ten million dollar canal and had spent eighty million dollars on her waterways. Her commercial and industrial interests ...
— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols


Words linked to "Balance wheel" :   timekeeper, timepiece, wheel, balance, horologe


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