releasing mechanism

American  

noun

Ethology.

1. a hypothetical control complex in the central nervous system of animals that triggers the appropriate behavioral response to a releaser.

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Example Sentences

Some tap holders are also constructed the same as this die holder, so far as the releasing mechanism is concerned.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.

Chet paid no heed; his every thought—his whole being, it seemed—was focused upon the lever that turned so slowly, that let fall, at last, a lock whose releasing mechanism clanged loudly through the metal wall.

From Brood of the Dark Moon by Diffin, Charles Willard