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What is an escapement?

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It is basically a thing in clocks that moves a gear back and forth to count seconds
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it's a mechanism In a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
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