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noun
- A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 514:
- :Time was vulnerable to the force of gravity. So Breguet came up with the , which isolated the balance wheel and escarpment off on a little platform of their own
Etymology: From French, tourbillon "whirlwind".
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