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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Detent \De*tent"\, n. [F. d['e]tente, fr. d['e]tendre to unbend,
     relax; pref. d['e]- (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 which locks and
     unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Detent \De*tent"\, n. [F. d['e]tente, fr. d['e]tendre to unbend,
     relax; pref. d['e]- (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 which locks and
     unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  detent
       n : a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a
           wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl,
            click, dog]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  detent
     n.
     That which locks or unlocks a movement; a (l en catch id=mechanism)
  (stopping mechanism), pawl, or (l en dog id=click); especially, in
  clockwork, the (l en catch id=mechanism) which locks and unlocks the
  wheelwork in striking.
     vb.
     The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  detent
     n.
     That which locks or unlocks a movement; a (l en catch id=mechanism)
  (stopping mechanism), pawl, or (l en dog id=click); especially, in
  clockwork, the (l en catch id=mechanism) which locks and unlocks the
  wheelwork in striking.
     vb.
     The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  detent
     n.
     That which locks or unlocks a movement; a (l en catch id=mechanism)
  (stopping mechanism), pawl, or (l en dog id=click); especially, in
  clockwork, the (l en catch id=mechanism) which locks and unlocks the
  wheelwork in striking.
     vb.
     The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock
  movement.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  detent
     n.
     That which locks or unlocks a movement; a (l en catch id=mechanism)
  (stopping mechanism), pawl, or (l en dog id=click); especially, in
  clockwork, the (l en catch id=mechanism) which locks and unlocks the
  wheelwork in striking.
     vb.
     The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock
  movement.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  الماسكة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/ 
  západka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/ 
  aretovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/ 
  zarážka

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  Anschlagbolzen , Anschlagsstift  [techn.]
     Synonyms: stop pin, trip dog
  
   see: stop pins, trip dogs, detents
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  Feststellvorrichtung , Arretierung , Verriegelung , Sperrung  [techn.]
   see: detents
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  Sperrglied , Sperrklinke , Sperrer , Gesperre im Sperrgetriebe
     Synonym: pawl
  
   see: ratchet gearing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  Sperrklinke , Klinke , Sperrglied , Sperrer , Gesperre  [techn.]
           Note: Sperrgetriebe usw.
     Synonym: pawl
  
   see: pawls, detents
  
           Note: ratchet gearing etc.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  detent /dɪtˈɛnt/
  1. (mak.) çalar saatin tetiği, tetik, kol, düğme.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 爪,掣子,扳手;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 爪,掣子,扳手

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