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Detent vs Dedent - What's the difference?

detent | dedent |

As verbs the difference between detent and dedent

is that detent is the action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement while dedent is (computing) (primarily python) to outdent.

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.

detent

English

Noun

(wikipedia detent) (en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.

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    dedent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) (primarily Python) To outdent.
  • * 2008 , Matthew A. Telles, Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide , ISBN 1598631586, page 80-81:
    • Dedent Region If there were any need to prove that Python was a programmer's tool, and not something written for anyone with the slightest grasp of the English language, instead of the Python language, this menu option would dissuade them from that belief. Really, who would call something dedent ? ... Unlike the indenting command, dedenting (can this really be used as a verb?) a block can cause problems.
  • * 2009 , Chris Smith, Programming F# , ISBN 0596153643, page 7
    • If the body of the if statement, the failwith, was dedented four spaces and therefore lined up with the if keyword, the F
  • compiler would yield a warning.
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