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English noun: balance wheel

1. balance wheel (artifact) 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


Synonymsbalance


Broader (hypernym)wheel


Part meronymhorologe, timekeeper, timepiece









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