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单词 remontoire
释义

remontoiren.

Brit. /rəmɒ̃ˈtwɑː/, U.S. /rəˌmɑnˈtwɑr/
Forms: 1700s– remontoir, 1800s– remontoire.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French remontoir.
Etymology: < French remontoir mechanism for winding a clock (1641), mechanism by which a uniform impulse is given to the pendulum or balance of a timepiece (early 19th cent. or earlier; perhaps short for remontoir d'égalité , also early 19th cent. or earlier) < remonter remount v. + -oir (see -ory suffix1).
Clockmaking.
A mechanism, typically involving a weight or spring, by which a uniform impulse is given to the pendulum or balance of a clock or watch at regular intervals, providing a more constant power supply for timekeeping than the primary power source. Frequently attributive.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1774 Monthly Rev. 50 App. 565 The machinery for doing this [sc. winding up the spring for the escapement wheel] is called a Remontoir; sometimes the machinery for keeping a clock in going while it is wound up, is also called (but improperly) a remontoir.
1801 Trans. Soc. Arts 19 335 The strength of the remontoire-spring.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 519 A remontoire escape which possesses considerable merit.
1875 J. W. Benson Time & Time-tellers 177 This arrangement, which is called the remontoir, is supplemented in this clock by a double lever escapement.
1878 J. N. Lockyer Stargazing 322 The remontoire wheel..relaxes its pressure against a friction-wheel.
1935 Mariner's Mirror 21 119 A ‘remontoire’..provides a more or less constant supply of power to impel the pendulum or balance of a clock.
1995 P. Woodward My Own Right Time xii. 98 Without its fly, my remontoire goes into a state of oscillation.
2006 J. Betts Time Restored viii. 140 Gould could not keep it running, even with the remontoir set at its maximum output.

Derivatives

† remontoiring adj. Obsolete rare performing the function of a remontoire.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [adjective] > of parts of clocks
twelve-hour1791
remontoiring1803
resilient1859
time delay1938
quartz-locked1977
1803 Trans. Soc. Arts 21 409 Pressed against the teeth of the spring wheel, by remontoiring springs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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