Found 2 items, similar to Toggle joint.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: toggle joint
toggle joint
n : a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply
pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Toggle joint
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.