Noun: detent
| Singular | detent |
| Plural | detents |
Sample Sentences
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A UHF tuner having 70 detent positions with fine tuning capability at all locations. Coarse tuning is accomplished via a toothed, detented disk and a spirally-extending rim having a follower lever operable therewith. [1972, Mayer et al., United States Patent 3760640, abstract]
Nouns inflected like detent
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”). See: French Nouns '
détente', Latin Nouns '
tendō'.