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detented

detented is the simple past and past participle of detent.

Meaning of detent

Verb

detent (third-person singular simple present detents, present participle detenting, simple past and past participle detented)

  1. The action of locking or unlocking movement by way of a detent mechanism

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Questions about detented

What is detented the simple past and past participle of?
Detented is the simple past and past participle of detent.

Words near detented in the dictionary

  1. detensioned
  2. detensioning
  3. detensions
  4. detent
  5. detente
  6. detented
  7. detentes
  8. detenting
  9. detention
  10. detention basin
  11. detention basins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detented (page history and authors); detent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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