Detent vs Detect - What's the difference?
detent | detect |
That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
* 1972 , Mayer et al., United States Patent 3760640 , abstract:
As verbs the difference between detent and detect
is that detent is the action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.As a noun detent
is that which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.As an adjective detect is
(obsolete) detected.detent
English
Noun
(wikipedia detent) (en noun)- 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.