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• Detent — Not to be confused with Détente. Detent is the term for a method, as well as the actual device, used to mechanically resist or arrest the rotation of a wheel, axle or spindle. A detent can be used to intentionally divide a rotation into discrete… …   Wikipedia

• detent — noun Etymology: French détente, from Middle French destente, from destendre to slacken, from Old French, from des de + tendre to stretch, from Latin tendere more at thin Date: 1688 a device (as a catch, dog, or spring operated ball) for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• detent — /di tent /, n. Mach. a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts. [1680 90; < F détente, OF destente, deriv. of destendre to relax, equiv …   Universalium

• detent — de•tent [[t]dɪˈtɛnt[/t]] n. mac a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts • Etymology: 1680–90; < F détente, OF destente, der. of destendre… …   From formal English to slang

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