Detents

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThat which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Synonyms

pawl click dog handwheel thumbwheel chamfer microswitch potentiometer tailstock backspacing piston rod splines

Rhymes With

three tents

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