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balance wheels

balance wheels is the plural of balance wheel.

Meaning of balance wheel

Noun

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.
    • A mantelpiece clock with rackety balance wheel makes the only sound.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, pages 13–14

Questions about balance wheels

What is balance wheels the plural of?
Balance wheels is the plural of balance wheel.

Words near balance wheels in the dictionary

  1. balance transfers
  2. balance up
  3. balance weight
  4. balance weights
  5. balance wheel
  6. balance wheels
  7. balanceable
  8. balanced
  9. balanced budget
  10. balanced budgets
  11. balanced categories

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