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Detent   Listen
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Detent  n.  (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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Detent" Quotes from Famous Books



... escapement," is the most perfect of any of our portable time measurers. Although the marine chronometer is in a sense a portable timepiece, still it is not, like a pocket watch, capable of being adjusted to positions. As we are all aware, the detent escapement is used in fine pocket watches, still the general feeling of manufacturers is not favorable to it. Much of this feeling no doubt is owing to the mechanical difficulties presented in repairing the chronometer escapements when the detent is broken, and the fact that the spring detent could ...
— Watch and Clock Escapements • Anonymous



Words linked to "Detent" :   dog, click, stop, catch, rachet



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