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Pedetentous
Pedetentous Ped`e*ten"tous, a. [L. pes, pedis, foot + tendere to stretch out: cf. L. tentim by degrees.] Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously. [R.] That pedetentous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the wise and virtuous improver to walk. --Sydney Smith.

Meaning of Detent from wikipedia

- 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...
- A ball detent is a simple mechanical arrangement used to hold a moving part in a temporarily fixed position relative to another part. Usually the moving...
- who created a pivoted detent type of escapement, though this was theoretically deficient. The first effective design of detent escapement was invented...
- designs, but the most common are the spring detent and pivoted detent. In both of these, a small detent locks the escape wheel and allows the balance...
- second object, acting like a clamp. The second object may have a machined detent (recess) to ensure that it cannot slide under the tip of the ****. On a...
- the gap between the magnets. A ball detent type limiter transmits force through hardened balls which rest in detents on the shaft and are held in place...
- aircraft, it is activated by advancing the thrust levers forward to the TO/GA detent. Once an aircraft has lined up on the runway, the pilots first increase...
- steps. If left powered at a final step, a strong detent remains at that shaft location. This detent has a predictable spring rate and specified torque...
- Around 1780, Earnshaw modified his detent escapement by mounting the detent on a spring to create the spring detent escapement. During the same period...
- detached chronometer escapement, the detent being mounted on a spring instead of on pivots. This spring detent escapement was patented by Thomas Wright...