Escapement (disambiguation)
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An escapement is a mechanism for imparting power to a clock or watch mechanism, with timing controlled by a pendulum or other resonant device.
Escapement may also refer to:
- Escapement (radio control), an obsolete precursor to the servo, used for the control of a radio-controlled model
- Escapement (film), a 1958 British film
- Escapement (fishing), a term used in fisheries science to refer to that portion of the spawning stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle.
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