escapement

1. A means or way of escape.

2. A mechanism consisting in general of an escape wheel and an anchor, used especially in timepieces to control movement of the wheel and to provide periodic energy impulses to a pendulum or balance.

3. A mechanism, as in a typewriter, that controls the lateral movement of the carriage.

4. An escape.

5. A device in a timepiece which controls the motion of the train of wheelwork and through which the energy of the power source is delivered to the pendulum or balance by means of impulses that permit a tooth to from a pallet at regular intervals.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
escapement	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tepee	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
casement	12
easement	10
spacemen	14

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
escapement	16