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Definitions for: Toggle
[n] a wooden peg or pin inserted into the eye at the end of rope in order to fasten it to something
[n] a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
[n] any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
[v] release by a toggle switch, of a bomb from an airplane
[v] fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
[v] provide with a toggle or toggles
Webster (1913) Definition: Tog"gle, n. [Cf. Tug.] [Written also toggel.]
1. (Naut.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a
groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of
a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a
kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged
and disengaged for temporary purposes.
2. (Mach.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
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.
Toggle joint, 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.
Synonyms: on-off switch, toggle switch
See Also: command, DIP switch, dual inline package switch, electric switch, electrical switch, fasten, fix, furnish, instruction, let go, let go of, pin, program line, provide, release, relinquish, render, secure, statement, supply, switch
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