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How to pronounce “detent”
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Pronunciation guide for detent
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of detent with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- Digital Apollo
ACA out of detent.
- Definition summary
- That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce detent
Digital Apollo
ACA out of detent.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “detent”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- [Verb]
- The action of locking or unlocking movement by way of a detent mechanism
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