detent
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
which locks or unlocks a movement
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VerbEdit
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.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “detent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “detent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Further readingEdit
- “detent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- detent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- detent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- detent at OneLook Dictionary Search
detent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
