Definitions for: Balance Wheel

[n] a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

Webster (1913) Definition: Bal"ance wheel`
1. (Horology)
(a) A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch
or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock;
-- often called simply a balance.
(b) A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is
acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in
those watches called a balance).

2. (Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements
of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.

See Also: timekeeper, timepiece, wheel

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