balance wheel

English

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.

Translations

timepiece mechanism

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 擺輪／摆轮 (baai² leon⁴) / 摆轮 (baai² leon⁴)

  Mandarin: 擺輪／摆轮 (bǎilún) / 摆轮 (zh) (bǎilún)

• Czech: setrvačka f, nepokoj (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: liipotin (fi)
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• German: Unruh (de), Steigerad n
• Italian: bilanciere (it) m
• Polish: balans (pl) m
• Russian: пружи́на (ru) f (pružína)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: во́лос (uk) m (vólos), волосо́к (volosók), пружи́нка f (pružýnka)

Coordinate terms

• swing wheel