Look up: detent

1. Detent
   A detent is a device used to mechanically resist or arrest the rotation of a wheel, axle, or spindle. Such a device can be anything ranging from a simple metal pin to a machine. The term is also used for the method involved. Detents are for example used to simply arrest rotation in one direction or...
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2. Detent
   In an escapement, a separate component between the balance and the escape-wheel which performs the locking function, so that the balance itself does not have its freedom of movement impaired by the need to do this.   The detent may revolve (pivoted detent) or it may consist of an arrangement of flat
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3. Detent
   Physical click stop in the center of a control surface such as a pan or EQ cut/boost knob
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4. Detent
   A stop or catch. In electronics usually placed in a variable resistor such as a the middle point of a 'pan' control on a mixing desk, to tell you where the 'default' setting is. Physical click stop in the center of a control surface such as a pan or EQ cut/boost knob.
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5. detent
   the moving parts are retained in one or several positions by means of a detent or notch.They can be changed to a different position by exerting sufficient force so as to overcome the detent or by release of the detent Category: Mechanical engineering • recess in a machine part which is e...
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6. Detent
   a click stop in the shutter release button, a place where the mechanism is designed to register specific information such as exposure or focus before the button is fully depressed.
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7. detent
   See escapement.
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8. Detent
   De·tent' noun [ French détente , from détendre to unbend, relax; prefix dé- (L. dis- or de ) + tendre to stretch. See Distend .] (Mech.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl...
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9. detent
   <mechanics> 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. ... Origin: F. Detente, fr. Detendre to unbend, relax; pref. De- (L. Dis- or de) + tendre to stretch. See Distend. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. Detent
    • (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.
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