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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



... threw over the balance wheel; there came forth a clank and some faint clicks from the engine's interior; then cold ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 • Various


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


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