detent
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/dɪˈtɛnt/
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/dɪˈtɛnt/ · /ˈdiːtɛnt/
Definition of detent
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
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.
“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.”
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noun
-
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.
“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.”
verb
- The action of locking or unlocking movement by way of a detent mechanism
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”).
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