"toggle joint" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toggle joints [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} toggle joint (plural toggle joints)
  1. A mechanical linkage of the type of 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 brought into this position. Translations (joint of two bars connected in an elbow or knee): genouillère [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-toggle_joint-en-noun-9D4XBXIK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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