1) Catch 2) Catch in a lock 3) Click 4) Clock catch 5) Gear catch 6) Hinged lever 7) Locking lever 8) Mechanical catch 9) Mechanism in a watch 10) Part of a jack 11) Pawl 12) Stop 13) Watch dog 14) Watch mechanism 15) Windup toy device
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1) Pawl
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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 to intentionally divide a rotation into discrete ...
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• (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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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. Â The detent may revolve (pivoted detent) or it may consist of an arrangement of flat
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Physical click stop in the center of a control surface such as a pan or EQ cut/boost knob
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See escapement.
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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, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch whic...
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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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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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a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
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