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Toggle joint

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Noun
  1. 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.

    "A toggle joint, which used a lever system to multiply power, replaced the screw mechanism for forcing down the impression-forming platen."

  2. 2
    a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint wordnet

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