collet

Meaning

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.
• The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
• In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
• Alternative of colet.

Origin

• From Middle French collet.