Meaning

1 senses
  1. The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.

    Unruh, Steigerad

    пружи́наpružína

    во́лосvólos, волосо́кvolosók, пружи́нкаpružýnka

More definitions
  • 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

Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Forms

plural: balance wheels
Singularbalance wheel
Pluralbalance wheels

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:balance

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