"collet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑlɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɒlɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: collets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪt Etymology: From Middle French collet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|collet}} Middle French collet Head templates: {{en-noun}} collet (plural collets)
  1. A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal. Translations (A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal): цанга (canga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Spannzange [feminine] (German), приклештувач (prikleštuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), цанга (canga) [feminine] (Russian), collete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-oM~-QTME Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 9 22 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 7 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 12 2 31 3 10 3 1 3 4 3 7 1 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 2 35 2 10 2 1 2 2 2 7 1 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 56 17 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 10 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 62 10 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 52 18 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 9 24 Disambiguation of 'A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal': 85 6 9
  2. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Categories (topical): Jewelry Synonyms: bezel Translations (ring's rim holding a jewel): σφενδόνη (sphendónē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), гнездо (gnezdo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), قاش (kaş) (Ottoman Turkish), опра́ва (opráva) [feminine] (Russian), коро́нка (korónka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-Z8DZBqpW Topics: jewelry, lifestyle Disambiguation of "ring's rim holding a jewel": 12 85 4
  3. (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.) Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-baeFZbZZ Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colleted Related terms: garde-collet
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑlɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɒlɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: collets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} collet (plural collets)
  1. Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: colet (extra: lower servant in a church)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-jHyffIEN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set."
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.