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Detent

A detent is a mechanical or magnetic means to resist or arrest the movement of a mechanical device. Such a device can be anything ranging from a simple metal pin to a machine. The term is also used for the method involved.

Movements, Examples & Mechanics

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Detent at a glance

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Overview

Mechanics

Examples

Advanced semantic analysis

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How this topic connects Entity context

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Detent

Top relations

related to Examples · 9
Detent → Any, Fortune, Further, It, Many, Other, Rotary, The, Wheel
related to Motor detents · 3
Detent → CNC, Stepper, They
is a · 1
Detent → mechanical or magnetic means to resist or arrest the movement of a mechanical device
related to Resisting movement · 1
Detent → To
see also · 1
Detent → Ball

Important terminology Word statistics

Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.

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Important terminology

lever wheel detents magnetic used movement direction notch shaft device ratchet rotation often spring also point control wrench many resist

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.
SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Detentis amechanical or magnetic means to resist or arrest the movement of a mechanical device0.90text
Detentrelated to ExamplesWheel0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesFortune0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesOther0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesRotary0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesAny0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesThe0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesIt0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesFurther0.60section
Detentrelated to ExamplesMany0.60section
Detentrelated to Motor detentsStepper0.60section
Detentrelated to Motor detentsThey0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

Clusters of nearby vocabulary surrounding the topic. Scan them for adjacent concepts and language you may have missed.

These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.

    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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    Map overview Semantic statistics

    Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.

    Detent

    Nodes34
    Edges33
    Triples15
    Avg. degree1.94
    Density0.058824
    Components1
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