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Definitions for Collet

[1] a collar or enclosing band.
[2] the enclosing rim within which a jewel is set.
[3] a slotted cylindrical clamp inserted tightly into the tapered interior of a sleeve or chuck on a lathe to hold a cylindrical piece of work.
[4] Horology . the tiny collar that supports the inner terminal of a hairspring.
[5] to set (a gem or other stone) in a collet.
[6] (in a jewellery setting) a band or coronet-shaped claw that holds an individual stone
[7] mechanical engineering an externally tapered sleeve made in two or more segments and used to grip a shaft passed through its centre when the sleeve is compressed by being inserted in a tapered hole
[8] horology a small collar that supports the inner end of the hairspring
[9] (tr) jewellery to mount in a collet

Words nearby Collet

collenchyma, collenchyme, colles, colles' fascia, colles' fracture, collet, colleterial gland, collette, colliculectomy, colliculitis, colliculus

Origin of Collet

1520–30; < French, equivalent to col neck (< Latin collum ) + -et -et

Word origin for Collet

C16: from Old French: a little collar, from col neckband, neck, from Latin collum neck