balance wheel

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsbalance

   Broaderwheel

   Part oftimepiece

Questions about balance wheel

What does balance wheel mean?

balance wheel means "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".

What is another word for balance wheel?

Close synonyms include balance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.