toggle : Idioms & Phrases
toggle bolt
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noun a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls
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Toggle iron
- a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned.
Webster 1913
Toggle joint
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noun a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
WordNet
- an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.
Webster 1913
Toggle switch
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noun a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
on/off switch; on-off switch; toggle.
WordNet
(a) (Elec.) an electrical switch operated by pushing a lever through a small angle of deflection. The lever has a spring which returns it to its original position after the pressure applied by the operator is released.(b) (Computer programming) A mechanism for acquiring input from an operator, such that taking some action (such as pressing a function key on a keyboard) will cause a program variable to take a new value. The values are usually changed in cyclic fashion, so that a certain number of activations of the toggle returns the variable to its initial value. When there are two values to the variable, each activation of the toggle causes the variable to assume the alternate value.
