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collet

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An example of a collet (1) with a bit designed to fit it.
 
An animation showing a collet being pulled into its taper.
 
The silver ring with nubs, which holds the sapphire, is the collet (2).
 
Rhizophora development structures and stages, from embryo on parent plant, to rooted seedling, showing collet (3).

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.

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collet (plural collets)

  2. 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.
  3. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
    Synonym: bezel
    There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
  4. (horticulture) 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.
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Etymology 2

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collet (plural collets)

  1. Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).

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Etymology 1

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From coll (“hill”) +‎ -et.

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collet m (plural collets)

  1. (chiefly in toponyms) small hill
    Synonym: pujol

Etymology 2

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From coll (“neck”) +‎ -et.

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collet m (plural collets)

  1. diminutive of coll (“neck”)
  2. the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)

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French

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    Inherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col +‎ -et.

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    collet m (plural collets)

    1. (obsolete) collar
    2. snare, noose
    3. (short) cape
    4. (dentistry) neck (of tooth)
    5. (botany) neck

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    • → Portuguese: colete

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    Norman

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    From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) +‎ -et.

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    collet m (plural collets)

    1. (Jersey) collar
    2. (Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)
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