"detent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛnt/, /ˈdiːtɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: detents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|détente}} French détente, {{der|en|la|tendō||to stretch}} Latin tendō (“to stretch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} detent (plural detents)
  1. That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking. Related terms: détente Translations (which locks or unlocks a movement): ograniìte (Bulgarian), ограничител (ograničitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Sperrklinke [feminine] (German), Arretierung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-detent-en-noun-S184xN87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛnt/, /ˈdiːtɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: detents [present, singular, third-person], detenting [participle, present], detented [participle, past], detented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|détente}} French détente, {{der|en|la|tendō||to stretch}} Latin tendō (“to stretch”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} detent (third-person singular simple present detents, present participle detenting, simple past and past participle detented)
  1. The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.
    Sense id: en-detent-en-verb-GgsRh-q-

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