Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A catch or lever that locks the movement of one part of a mechanism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything used to check or prevent motion or approach; a catch; specifically, a pin, stud, or lever forming a check in a clock, watch, tumbler-lock, or other machine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mech.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- verb The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Alps Electric Europe is offering a tiny momentary-type push switch with detent, which is ideal for mirror control for power window units and for the switching of electric devices in a motor vehicle.
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Alps Electric Europe is offering a tiny momentary-type push switch with detent, which is ideal for mirror control for power window units and for the switching of electric devices in a motor vehicle.
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The detent is a component that controls the movement of the shift lever and this area was the subject of a great deal of attention to achieve a positive click with each gear change.
Autoblog Green AutoblogGreen Staff 2010
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If the so-called detent The lunacy of all this derangement has been a curious sideshow until this year when it became clear that it is all a part of an intended set-up.
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Such approaches can be highly inaccurate, especially when non-sinusoidal excitation is used, and when there are pronounced non-linear effects involved - such as detent torque.
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My only issue with the entry level Leupolds is that they do not have click detent rings.
I just got a new .300 Win. Mag. It was a package deal and came with a scope. 2010
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My only issue with the entry level Leupolds is that they do not have click detent rings.
I just got a new .300 Win. Mag. It was a package deal and came with a scope. 2010
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The accelerator pedal detent is very pronounced so that, in order to bring the V8's spleen up, you really have to hammer the throttle.
Hyundai's Ur-Luxury Horse of a Different Dolor Dan Neil 2011
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I have only missed one big game shot because of a malfunction ... that was a weak bolt shroud detent spring after 40,000 shots causing the bolt shroud to rotate and lock on a very fast follow up shot.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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I have only missed one big game shot because of a malfunction ... that was a weak bolt shroud detent spring after 40,000 shots causing the bolt shroud to rotate and lock on a very fast follow up shot.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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