Definition of Detentes

1. detente [n] - See also: detente

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detentes

detective work
detectivelike
detectives
detectograph
detectographs
detector
detector coil
detector van
detectorist
detectorists
detectors
detects
detent
detente
detented
detentes (current term)
detenting
detention
detention basin
detention camp
detention cell
detention centre
detention centres
detention home
detention homes
detention house
detentions
detentist
detentists
detents

Literary usage of Detentes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, William Rawley (1857)
"... ne veluti aspectus historic ad philosophiam ; ut et pignons loco hominibus sint eos in historias fluctibus perpetuo non detentes iri, utque cum ad opus ..."

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