collet

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  1. noun A cone-shaped sleeve used for holding circular or rodlike pieces in a lathe or other machine.
  2. noun A metal collar used in watchmaking to join one end of a balance spring to the balance staff.
  3. noun A circular flange or rim, as in a ring, into which a gem is set.

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  • Maybe it will still work if I jam the bit as far into the collet as possible, so the collet supports the bearing. —  Tools of Renewal
  • The lower link gets grease ports for easy service, huge 15mm pivot axles with the same trick locking collet head feature as the Blur LT, Nomad and new Blur XC, and it swings on eight angular contact bearings. —  Bike Magazine - Most Recent
  • The new LT receives angular contact bearings on the lower link with a collet axle that threads into one side. —  This Just In
  • Once snugged, it takes the pre-load out of the bearings and then a tapered washer is threaded into the collet. —  This Just In
  • As their signature - stephane bucco VS eric collet - suggests, it is as much a confrontation as a meeting of minds, aimed at responding to customers 'commands with added dynamism. —  Designcollector - All you need are links
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  1. French, diminutive of col, collar, from Latin collum, neck; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = German kollet, from French collet = Italian colletto, from Middle Latin colletus, a band or collar, diminutive of Latin collum, later F. col, the neck: see collar.
  2. from collet, n.
  3. Like collard, a corruption of colewort.
 

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