detent
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English
Etymology
From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
detent (plural detents)
- That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- 1972, Mayer et al., United States Patent 3760640, abstract:
- A UHF tuner having 70 detent positions with fine tuning capability at all locations. Coarse tuning is accomplished via a toothed, detented disk and a spirally-extending rim having a follower lever operable therewith.
- 1972, Mayer et al., United States Patent 3760640, abstract:
Related terms
Translations
which locks or unlocks a movement
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Verb
detent (third-person singular simple present detents, present participle detenting, simple past and past participle detented)
- The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.
References
- ^ “detent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “detent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- “detent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “detent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “detent”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “detent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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