release mechanism
Frees the payload
A release mechanism is a device or system that allows something to be freed, discharged, or set in motion when activated.
The term appears across contexts: the release mechanism on a seatbelt, a camera's shutter release mechanism, or a trap's spring-loaded catch.
Figuratively, activities like exercise or crying can serve as release mechanisms for pent-up emotion or stress.
- pinPointed metal fastener
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- ski bindingsBoot-securing release mechanisms
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
trigger · hair trigger · pull cord · eject button · ratchet · exocytosis · cam · breakaway · dead man's switch · solenoid · spring · pressure chamber · neurotransmitter · apoptosis · unlock · transdermal patch · firing · disengage
- crossbowsarbalest, bolt, bolts, bowstring, crossbow bolt
- ship launchchristening, launch day, slipway, ship christening, naming ceremony
- ski gearskis, ski poles, ski boots, ski bindings, ski goggles
- trappingtraps, trap, snare, snares, trappers
- water rocketslauncher, fins, nose cone, pump, pressure chamber
- Rube Goldbergchain reaction, domino effect, mousetrap, marble run, domino