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  4. collets: Wordnik
  5. collets: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (collet)

noun:  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.
noun:  (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
noun:  (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun:  Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”). [(obsolete) A lower servant in a church.]
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