balance wheel

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balance wheel (plural balance wheels)

  1. The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
    • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, pages 13–14:
      A mantelpiece clock with rackety balance wheel makes the only sound.

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