locked position

collocation in English

meaningsoflockandposition

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lock
noun
uk
/lɒk/us
/lɑːk/
a device that prevents something such as a door from being opened and can only be opened with ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition oflockandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocked position

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A free-fall or gravity drop system uses gravity to deploy the landing gear into the down andlockedposition.
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A torsion spring, similar to those used in mousetraps, allows the legs the tension to expand outward, assuming theirlockedposition.
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The joints may get into a restricted orlockedpositionrequiring the astronaut to manipulate or program the joint.
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Note that when the mirror is in the up andlockedposition, the subject is no longer visible through the viewfinder.
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Other insert hardware includes such items as mixer shelves that pull out of a base cabinet and spring into alockedpositionat counter height.
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The device has only one speed setting and is turned on simply by rotating the bowl into alockedposition.
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The lifter should stare at the weight once shouldered and while the arm moves to alockedpositionoverhead.
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The gas piston pushes the bolt carrier rearward, where it is returned to the forward andlockedpositionby a spring.
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Once inlockedpositionthe focus can be adjusted with the three posts and the barrel focusing ring.
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Upon release the levers pull shut and into thelockedpositionagainst a small steel insert in the carabiner nose.
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There is also no setting available to defeat this behavior, which occurs even with the switch in thelockedposition.
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There is an extra piece of metal that keeps the lock in thelockedpositiononce opened.
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A depressed locking trigger link at each latch allowed a spring-loaded spool to move forward, maintaining the toggle linkage in an over-centerlockedposition.
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Radiographic examinations confirmed that they were all in a closed andlockedposition.
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The wrist is held in a stable,lockedpositionduring the support phase of knuckle-walking by means of strongly exed interphalangeal joints, and extended metacarpophalangeal joints.
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The brushroll motor can be switched off manually for use on hard floors, and automatically shuts off when the machine is in the uprightlockedposition.
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In theirlockedposition, pressure on the door presses the latches further shut, and no force is transmitted into the actuator system that closes and opens them.
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The diagram to the right shows a green sliding write-protect tab in both the unlocked and locked positions.
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Studies have documented that motion does occur at the joint; therefore, slightly subluxed and even locked positions can occur.
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