OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14642

latch

/læt͡ʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cerrojo • falleba • pestillo • picaporte • piesllo • verrojo
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
biestable
An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
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