detent
Meaning of detent
- a catch in a machine which prevents motion until released.
a system of detents is used to ensure that gears are held in whatever position is selected
a detent spring
late 17th century (denoting a catch in a clock): from French détente, from Old French destente, from destendre ‘slacken’, from des- (expressing reversal) + Latin tendere ‘to stretch’.
Information about detent
- It is a name.
- The plural form of detent is: detents.
- Languages in which detent is used:
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Hyphenation of detent
de-tent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- detent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
detent synonyms
Meaning pawl:
Anagrams of detent
Words that rhyme with detent
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