detent

They usually (but not always) feature a detent in the centre position.

The flip sight locks in position with a spring detent.

You put them down to the first detent, takeoff.

Only to be stopped in the same place, by the same invisible detent.

With great care, Brim eased the choke open to its first detent.

The problem, echoed by others who have driven the car, is a weak detent between low and reverse.

Added a detent to the rewind crank to allow it to stay put when pulled out.

"Try to bring it back exactly three clicks, then push it sideways into the detent."

This machine was operated by a key that would play until it hit another detent on the wheel, thus playing a complete laugh.

Dixie threw the F-14 into a hard turn to port, slamming the throttle forward to the final detent.

The detent, however, must be closely aligned with the threaded hole prior to fastening.

He pushed the throttles straight through the detent, and brought the reheat of the massive engines into play.

The tritium front post installs into the front sight base using a detent and spring.

The ratchet wrench, which is employed to intentionally use force against the detent and comes in increasing variety of types.

The bolt has a groove on it that allows the detent to safely pass by it without any harm being done.

However, if the bolt is put in upside-down, the bolt can shear the detent off very easily.

A ball detent is a simple mechanical arrangement used to hold a moving part in a temporarily fixed position relative to another part.

Thus, a rubber detent keeps the "chambered" ball from rolling out of the barrel before the marker is fired.

With a singular motion, he pulled the lever out of the detent and lowered it to the cutoff position, stopping the engine.

For example, the driven escape wheels are smaller than the drivers and a sprung setting for the detent is introduced.

Push pin lock: A small peg on the key is inserted endwise into a hole to engage the detent.

Since the position of the camera arm is critical to the success of capturing images, it has a detent in the fully lifted position.

Armstrong acknowledged "Out of detent.

The ball doubles to drop into a mating detent on the blade to ensure that the blade does not open accidentally.

Many problems claimed to be caused by a weak ball detent have also turned out to simply be a case of improperly reassembling the marker.