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Collet

//ˈkɑlɪt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.

    "That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting wordnet
  4. 4
    The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.

    "There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring."

  5. 5
    a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe wordnet
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  1. 6
    In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)

    "Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root."

  2. 7
    a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.

Etymology 2

From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

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