Detent Definition

dĭ-tĕnt
detents
noun
detents
A part that stops or releases a movement, as a catch for controlling the striking of a clock.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Detent

Noun

Singular:
detent
Plural:
detents

Origin of Detent

  • French détente a loosening from Old French destente from feminine past participle of destendre to release des- de- tendre to stretch (from Latin tendere ten- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French détente, from Latin tendere (“to stretch”).

    From Wiktionary

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