toggle joint

2 definitions found

toggle joint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toggle \Tog"gle\, v. t. (Computer programming)
     To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a
     toggle switch; as, to toggle the view from character to
     graphic mode; to toggle the keyboard input from insert to
     overtype mode.
     [PJC]
  
     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.

toggle joint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toggle joint
      n 1: a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply
           pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint