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escapement

Escapement is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter T for which we found 3 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The act of escaping; escape.
(n.) Way of escape; vent.
(n.) The contrivance in a timepiece 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; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

Syllable Information

The word escapement is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for escapement is: es-cape-ment


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