Latch vs Coupling - What's the difference?
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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.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4
A flip-flop electronic circuit
(obsolete) A latching.
(obsolete) A crossbow.
(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
To close or lock as if with a latch
To catch; lay hold of
:* Where hearing should not latch them. — Shakespeare, MacBeth ,
(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
act of joining together to form a couple
a device that couples two things together
(computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
(electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) sexual intercourse
As nouns the difference between latch and coupling
is that latch is 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 while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.As a verb latch
is to close or lock as if with a latch.latch
English
(wikipedia latch)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(es)- 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.
Derived terms
* on the latchVerb
(es)Act IV
Derived terms
* latch on * latch on to * latch ontoEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(es)- (Shakespeare)