escapement

Etymology
. The watch component is so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

Noun

 * 1)  The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
 * 2) A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
 * 3) An escape or means of escape.
 * 4) The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
 * 1) An escape or means of escape.
 * 2) The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.

Translations

 * Catalan: escapament
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 擒縱器
 * Esperanto: kliko
 * French:
 * German:
 * Korean: 탈진기(脫進機)
 * Spanish: mecanismo de escape
 * Welsh: gollyngiad