Definitions
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- noun A
rotating frame , containing theescapement of aclock orwatch , that attempts tocompensate for the effects ofgravity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The mechanical design of the Cabestan, including its tourbillon, is totally transversal.
Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006
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I have known before what it is to be in what our neighbours have called a tourbillon, but never on such a scale as this.
The Horror of the Heights Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1992
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I have known before what it is to be in what our neighbours have called a tourbillon, but never on such a scale as this.
Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Forestier-Kasapi said the tourbillon was a mechanism that allowed the balance spring to rotate completely in a vertical plane at a speed typically of one complete revolution per minute.
NYT > Home Page By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP 2011
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A tourbillon is a rotational device that improves accuracy by counteracting the effects of gravity on the gears of a mechanical watch.
NYT > Home Page By VICTORIA GOMELSKY 2010
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We've just returned home from our two-week west coast "wine and word" tour, or "tourbillon".
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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We've just returned home from our two-week west coast "wine and word" tour, or "tourbillon".
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We've just returned home from our two-week west coast "wine and word" tour, or "tourbillon".
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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We've just returned home from our two-week west coast "wine and word" tour, or "tourbillon".
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We've just returned home from our two-week west coast "wine and word" tour, or "tourbillon".
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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