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What does escapement mean?

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Noun
  1. The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration.
  2. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
  3. An escape or means of escape.
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One of the motors drives the escapement while another is used to select the character for printing.
The annual estimates of catch rates and escapement can change with additional years of input data.
Mr. Mike Forrest: In looking at escapement goals you have to have a lot of information in order to do this correctly, but I'll take a stab at it.
In general, any lantern clock with a balance wheel has had its escapement restored.
Although the escapement enables the hammer to fall away from the string, the damper is not allowed to fall back and damp the string until the key is released.
They will have catch estimates of reported catch above there, and they will have an escapement estimate.

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