एक टिका हुआ कैच जो एक पहिया को आगे बढ़ाने या पीछे जाने से रोकने के लिए एक शाफ़्ट के एक पायदान में फिट बैठता है

Noun:

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

detents's Usage Examples:

Full sized detachable throttle with Idle and afterburner detents... .

afterburner detents... .

As the uppermost compartment fills, the weights end of the beam rises, and by means of a vertical rod suc - cessively operates on detents connected with the rotation of the two brushes, and stops them in turn.

When it is desired to use the machine, a 4-lb bag is placed under the orifice of the hopper upon the goods-pan of the balance, and the slide rods are thrust back by hand till they are held by their detents, and the sugar flows rapidly into the bag.

The rods are held in this position by detents which take hold of the shoulders of the rods, and are acted upon from the front end of the upper beam and the weights-pan end of the lower beam respectively, in order to release the rods at the proper times and reduce orcut off the flow of sugar from the hopper.

detents's Meaning':

a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

Synonyms:

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

Antonyms:

continue, begin, continuant consonant, free, start,