Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word LATCH

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Definitions of LATCH

1. To close or lock as if with a latch.
2. 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.
3. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
4. (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
5. (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
6. (obsolete) A latching.
7. (obsolete) A crossbow.
8. (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
9. (database) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
10. (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
11. (automotive) Acronym of lower anchors and tethers for children.

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Examples of Using LATCH in a Sentence

• Seed dispersal is often done by passing animals; the grains' hooks latch on to fur or hair, or to clothes.
• These include the 8755, with an address latch, 2 KB of EPROM and 16 I/O pins, and the 8155 with 256 bytes of RAM, 22 I/O pins and a 14-bit programmable timer/counter.
• This grappling hook-like device substitutes for jetpacks and can even latch onto the enemy worm to drag them closer to their foe.
• Upon analyzing the recording, Tannen came to the conclusion that the speech of the New Yorkers was characterized by exaggerated intonations (paralinguistics), overlapping speech between two or more speakers, short silences, and machine-gun questions, which she defines as questions that are "uttered quickly, timed to overlap or latch onto another's talk, and characterized by reduced syntactic form".
• Boots with the sole extended rearward to produce a flange for the cable to firmly latch to become common, as did designs with semi-circular indentations on the heel for the same purpose.
• It had a 3U form factor, a small amount of memory (RAM), a video character generator and UHF modulator for use with a TV set, and a simple latch for entering hex data from a keypad, and the computer was designed to be expandable.
• This dual threshold action is called hysteresis and implies that the Schmitt trigger possesses memory and can act as a bistable multivibrator (latch or flip-flop).
• On race cars or cars with aftermarket hoods (that do not use the factory latch system) the hood may be held down by hood pins.
• RESET overrides the other two inputs, thus the latch (and therefore the entire timer) can be reset at any time.
• Though they both find his tennis skills undeniable, they comment on how that makes it "difficult for the reader to latch on and share in his experiences," eliminating the tension that comes with underdog appeal.
• CPUs with an LGA (land grid array) package are inserted into the socket, the latch plate is flipped into position atop the CPU, and the lever is lowered and locked into place, pressing the CPU's contacts firmly against the socket's lands and ensuring a good connection, as well as increased mechanical stability.
• Either the adze end or fork end of the tool can be used to break through the latch of a swinging door by forcing the tool between the door and door jamb and prying the two apart, striking it with a sledgehammer or a flat-head axe.
• Dioscorea uses vining behavior which is useful in tropical habitats because Dioscorea grow under canopies and need to latch onto different surfaces in order to grow upwards and acquire resources.
• The hatch on Gemini 4, through which White exited to make his walk, was prone to problems with the latch mechanism gears coming unmeshed, making it difficult to open and re-latch the hatch.
• On decoding, the padding bits may be decoded as shift and latch codes, but that will not affect the message content.
• Despite the capability of most newborns to latch onto the mother's breast within an hour of birth, globally, sixty percent of infants are not breastfed within this crucial first hour.
• However changes were made to the steering column, footrest, door trims, door latch, airbags and electronic software and the car was retested achieving its four-star rating.
• Warded locks contain a series of static obstructions, or wards, within the lock box; only a key with cutouts to match the obstructions will be able to turn freely in the lock and open the latch.
• The edge may require additional preparation to receive the latch assembly, typically by routing or chiseling a shallow mortise.
• Alongside returning video game composers from the first game Hideki Naganuma and Richard Jacques, the soundtrack features artists such as indie rock band Guitar Vader, Beastie Boys Adrock side project BS 2000, hip hop/breakbeat group Scapegoat Wax, indie pop band Bis, The Latch Brothers (including Mike D of the Beastie Boys, Chris "Wag" Wagner and Kenny Tick Salcido), rock band Cibo Matto, musical collective Bran Van 3000, and hip hop group The Prunes.
• A useful feature of the free-running mode is that the 16-bit counter latch can be loaded with a new count without reloading the counter, so that it will load the new count only after the current count reaches zero, seamlessly changing the output frequency.
• A variant known as the Bizon-3 was also developed and features a flip-up rear peep sight moved further to the rear on the receiver cover and a stock that folds up and over the receiver to lock into a spring-loaded latch on the receiver top cover.
• Once pushed into the receptacle, the plug is twisted and its now-rotated prongs latch into the receptacle.
• A latch, known as the "Thetis clip", was added to the inner torpedo tube door so it could be fractionally opened to check the tube was not open to the sea before being fully opened.
• In 2016, Cirrus introduced enhancements to the SR series, including Bluetooth wireless connectivity, a remote keyless entry, a convenience lighting system, and a new easy-access door latch, among other interior and exterior improvements.

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