Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - toggle
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n. & v. --n. 1 a device for fastening (esp. a garment), consisting of a crosspiece which can pass through a hole or loop in one position but not in another. 2 a pin or other crosspiece put through the eye of a rope, a link of a chain, etc., to keep it in place. 3 a pivoted barb on a harpoon. 4 Computing a switch action that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions. --v.tr. provide or fasten with a toggle. Phrases and idioms toggle joint a device for exerting pressure along two jointed rods by applying a transverse force at the joint. toggle switch an electric switch with a projecting lever to be moved usu. up and down. Etymology: 18th-c. Naut.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1775 a piece or device for holding or securing: as, a pin inserted in a nautical knot to make it more secure or easier to slip, a crosspiece attached to the end of or to a loop in something (as a chain, rope, line, strap, or belt) usually to prevent slipping, to serve in twisting or tightening, or to hold something attached, a device consisting of two bars jointed together end to end but not in line so that when a force is applied to the joint tending to straighten it pressure will be exerted on the parts adjacent or fixed to the outer ends of the bars, II. verb (~d; toggling) Date: 1836 transitive verb to fasten with or as if with a ~, to furnish with a ~, intransitive verb to switch between two options especially of an electronic device usually by pressing a single button or a simple key combination ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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