English-Finnish translations for escapement

Definition of escapement

• 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
• A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage
• The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn

Related words

• escape
• escapee
• escaped
• servicescape
• escape square
• escape velocity
• escape room
• escape clause
• escape character