Synonyms for balance-wheel


Grammar : Noun


Définition of balance-wheel

  • As in balance wheel : noun regulating wheel
Example sentences :
  • However, Mrs. Stannard will be there, and she's a balance-wheel.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • It may have served as a sort of balance-wheel, and helped to steady him, but it could not steer him.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 » by Various
  • When the balance-wheel, impelled by the escapement, rotates, it winds up the spring.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • He couldn't, he said, for I was his balance-wheel, and without me he was lost.
  • Extract from : « Gretchen » by Mary J. Holmes
  • The driving-pulley is 20 inches in diameter, and the balance-wheel 30 inches.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine » by Robert H. Thurston
  • This conservative holding by guiding resolutions once formed is the balance-wheel that keeps a human life from wabbling.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • Harrison early conceived the idea that it might be possible to apply the same principle to the balance-wheel of the watch.
  • Extract from : « Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space » by Henry Smith Williams
  • Thus the body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.
  • Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
  • They saw a very great deal of each other, each serving as a sort of balance-wheel to the other's self-centred complacency.
  • Extract from : « The Bells of San Juan » by Jackson Gregory
  • Great fun may be had spinning these wheel tops around the balance-wheel top, while the latter is spinning.
  • Extract from : « Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys » by A. Neely Hall

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