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| has gloss | eng: The grasshopper escapement is an unusual, low-friction escapement for pendulum clocks invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1722. An escapement, a part of every mechanical clock, is the mechanism that releases the clock's gears to move forward by a fixed amount at each swing of the pendulum. |
| lexicalization | eng: grasshopper escapement |
| instance of | (noun) mechanical device that regulates movement escapement |
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