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Meaning of dedent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An outdent.

transitive

Examples

“On being fired from the gun, the projectile travels at a high rotary speed and the dedent spring is compressed, so that the dedents, acting as virtually one piece, drop down into the dedent spring cavity.”
“Between each rod in the control cover body is an interlocking pin, which also rides in a dedent when one fork is shifted, the purpose being to lock the other rod and to prevent the meshing of more than one gear simultaneously.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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