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toggle joints

toggle joints is the plural of toggle joint.

Meaning of toggle joint

Noun

toggle joint (plural toggle joints)

  1. A mechanical linkage of the type of an elbow joint or kneejoint, 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 brought into this position.
    • A toggle joint, which used a lever system to multiply power, replaced the screw mechanism for forcing down the impression-forming platen.2009, Ross Thomson, Structures of change in the mechanical age, page 48

Questions about toggle joints

What is toggle joints the plural of?
Toggle joints is the plural of toggle joint.

Words near toggle joints in the dictionary

  1. toggle bolt
  2. toggle bolts
  3. toggle iron
  4. toggle irons
  5. toggle joint
  6. toggle joints
  7. toggle switch
  8. toggle switches
  9. toggle valve
  10. toggle valves
  11. toggleable

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