Noun:

(घड़ी आदि में) वह पुर्जा जिससे घंटा बजता है, मशीन चलाने और रोकने का पुर्जा,

detent's Usage Examples:

Thomas Earnshaw made further simplifications, including the spring detent escapement which needed no lubrication.

Invented the cylindrical balance spring and the detached detent escapement (1782 ).

center Bypass When any eq fader is in its center detent position, the filter is automatically bypassed, for optimum performance.

detent mechanism (common on clocks) when on track.

detent position, the filter is automatically bypassed, for optimum performance.

detent escapement which needed no lubrication.

The tea is shot out and falls into a receptacle below, and the drum makes a quarter of a revolution, and is again held in position by the detent with an empty compartment at top ready for the next filling.

And when the short brush is stopped a rod from the shaft frees a spring detent which keeps the drum in position and tips it over.

In dropping it dislodges the detent of the reducing slide, and the slide springs forward and reduces the flow of the sugar.

A 4-lb weight lodges the detent of the cut-off slide: The slide springs forward and cuts off the flow.

Synonyms:

ratch, rachet, ratchet, click, catch, dog, stop, pawl,

Antonyms:

start, free, continuant consonant, begin, continue,