|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
latch
latch / lach/ • n. a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate. ∎ a spring lock for an outer door that catches when the door is closed and can only be opened from the outside with a key. ∎ Electr. a circuit that retains whatever output state results from a momentary input signal until reset by another signal. ∎ the part of a knitting machine needle that closes or opens to hold or release the wool. • v. [tr.] fasten (a door or gate) with a latch: she latched the door carefully. ∎ [intr.] Electr. (of a device) become fixed in a particular state. PHRASAL VERBS: latch onto inf. attach oneself to (someone) as a constant and usually unwelcome companion: a knack for latching onto people with greater initiative and enterprise. ∎ take up (an idea or trend) enthusiastically: the media have latched onto the snappy “Generation X” catchphrase. ∎ (of one substance) cohere with (another). |
|
|
Cite this article
"latch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "latch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-latch.html "latch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-latch.html |
|
latch
latch An electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data. It can be considered as an extension of a simple flip-flop. The storage is controlled by a clock signal, a given transition of which fixes the contents of the latch at the current value of its input. The contents will remain fixed until the next transition of the clock.
|
|
|
Cite this article
JOHN DAINTITH. "latch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "latch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-latch.html JOHN DAINTITH. "latch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-latch.html |
|
latch
latch
A. (dial.) loop, noose; B. fastening for door or gate. XIV. In sense A prob. var. of LACE (OF. var. lache of laz); in sense B prob. f. (dial.) latch vb. OE. læċċan seize, grasp, perh. rel. to Gr. lázesthai. |
|
|
Cite this article
T. F. HOAD. "latch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "latch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-latch.html T. F. HOAD. "latch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-latch.html |
|
latch
latch •attach, batch, catch, crosshatch, detach, hatch, latch, match, mismatch, natch, outmatch, patch, scratch, snatch, thatch
•Lukács • eyepatch • crosspatch
•sasquatch
|
|
|
Cite this article
"latch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "latch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-latch.html "latch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-latch.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
