Latching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Latching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of latch.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of latch.
More Meanings
- That latches.
- The act of fastening a latch.
- (nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
- (linguistics) The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.
Example Sentences
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
Word Forms
- latchings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barred, bolted, fast, fastened, locked, secured.
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