Definitions for flip-flop
flip-flop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaroundnoun

   a decision to reverse an earlier decision

2. flip-flop, thongnoun

   a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe

3. flip-flopnoun

   an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states

4. flip-flopverb

   a backward somersault

5. interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flopverb

   reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flip-flopnoun

   A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.

2. flip-flopnoun

   An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.

3. flip-flopverb

   To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

4. Etymology: Onomatopoetic: most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flip-flop

   In electronics, a flip-flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information. A flip-flop is a bistable multivibrator. The circuit can be made to change state by signals applied to one or more control inputs and will have one or two outputs. It is the basic storage element in sequential logic. Flip-flops and latches are a fundamental building block of digital electronics systems used in computers, communications, and many other types of systems. Flip-flops and latches are used as data storage elements. Such data storage can be used for storage of state, and such a circuit is described as sequential logic. When used in a finite-state machine, the output and next state depend not only on its current input, but also on its current state. It can also be used for counting of pulses, and for synchronizing variably-timed input signals to some reference timing signal. Flip-flops can be either simple or clocked; the simple ones are commonly called latches. The word latch is mainly used for storage elements, while clocked devices are described as flip-flops. A latch is level-sensitive, whereas a flip-flop is edge-sensitive. That is, when a latch is enabled it becomes transparent, while a flip flop's output only changes on a single type of clock edge.

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1. • Circuit
   • Sandal

How to pronounce flip-flop?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flip-flop in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flip-flop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of flip-flop in a Sentence

1. John Cornyn:

   It was a complete flip-flop. Everything he said he was against, now he's for, i just wonder what the transaction was that got him to yes.

2. Tiffani Lee:

   She was walking by herself and she had on one flip flop and one tennis shoe.

3. Saul Anuzis:

   I think he can get past it assuming he can write it off as poor articulation of the views, if it is actually viewed as a flip-flop, then it becomes an issue.

4. Jeff Weaver:

   This is not a flip flop, this is consistent with the position he held earlier in the campaign.

5. Scott Kennedy:

   I think really American-China policy is only unified with a single person in the White House, it's unpredictable. It can flip-flop. I don't think American policy has finally settled in one place where we have decided to treat Communist China as an enemy across the board.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flip-flop
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flip-Flop
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=flip-flop