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geneva mechanism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
geneva mech-a-nism
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.

Etymology

So called from Geneva in Switzerland, an important center of watchmaking.

Inflected Forms

Geneva mechanisms (plural)

Questions

What does geneva mechanism mean?
A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.
Where does geneva mechanism come from?
So called from Geneva in Switzerland, an important center of watchmaking.

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