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Definition of Detent
1. Noun. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
Generic synonyms: Catch, Stop
Group relationships: Rachet, Ratch, Ratchet
Definition of Detent
1. n. 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.
Definition of Detent
1. 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. ¹
2. Verb. The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detent
1. a locking or unlocking mechanism [n -S]
Medical Definition of Detent
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Detent
Literary usage of Detent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Clock and Watch Making: Theoretical and Practical by Thomas Reid (1832)
"Y is a delicate spring attached to the inner side of the detent spring, ...
The end of the detent spring is bent a very little, so that the free end of the ..."
2. Practical Instructions Relating to the Construction and Use of the Steam by Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company, Edward Furber Miller (1910)
"CROSBY REDUCING WHEEL WITH detent Patented The detent applied to the Crosby
Reducing Wheel does not affect the connection between it and the engine, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The device is illustrated by drawings accompanying the specification oí th*
patent, as follows: of u spring, e, rod, d, and arm or detent, k, ..."
4. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"If the detent is raised fur a moment, the pin slips by, and the wheel goes round
until it arrives at the same point, when its motion is again suspended by ..."
5. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... i, holding in the upper hook, t, of the detent, fo as to keep the ... and the
catch, 2, of the lower axis palling the lower hook, v, of the detent, ..."
6. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1889)
"When the hoop is resting against the detent, the warning pin should have half a
... The locking-plate detent / is connected by an arbor with the hoop-wheel ..."
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