balance wheel - a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

balance

horologe, timepiece, timekeeper - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

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balance wheel n → Unruh f

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The mass pan and induction coil are suspended from a tri-arm spider support structure, which is in turn fastened to the balance wheel about 45[degrees] from the top with a flat band of wires.

Details of the 1998 watt balance experiment determining the Planck ... by Williams, Edwin / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

It thus made a perfect balance wheel to "manly emotion," which consisted of powerful and urgent passions.

Speaking from the Heart: Gender and the Social Meaning of Emotion by Rotundo, E. Anthony / Journal of Social History

His common sense and humor provided a balance wheel of sanity for all the bluster and bickering.

Who's Who by THREADGILL, SUSAN / Washington Monthly

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