balance staff
noun Horology.
a pivoted axle or shaft on which the balance is mounted.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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First recorded in 1880–85
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Example sentences from the Web for balance staff
The roller being fastened to the balance-staff, of course, turns just as the balance turns and with it the jewel-pin.
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