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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detent /dɪˈtɛnt/

▶noun a catch in a machine which prevents motion until released.

■ (in a clock) a catch that regulates striking.

– origin C17: from Fr. détente, from OFr. destente, from destendre ‘slacken’.

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