Hinge joint

Hinge joint
Hinge Hinge, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See {Hang}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. [1913 Webster]

The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned. [1913 Webster]

3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.] [1913 Webster]

When the moon is in the hinge at East. --Creech. [1913 Webster]

Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

{Hinge joint}. (a) (Anat.) See {Ginglymus}. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane.

{To be off the hinges}, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]


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  • hinge joint — noun 1. a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane • Syn: ↑ginglymus, ↑ginglymoid joint • Hypernyms: ↑synovial joint, ↑articulatio synovialis, ↑diarthrosis • Hyp …   Useful english dictionary

  • hinge joint — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hinge joint : singular hinge joint plural hinge joints medical a joint (= part in the body where two bones meet) that allows movement up and down in one direction only, for example a knee joint or an elbow… …   English dictionary

  • Hinge joint — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 70 GrayPage = 285 Caption = 1: Ball and socket joint; 2: Condyloid joint (Ellipsoid); 3: Saddle joint; 4 Hinge joint; 5: Pivot joint; Caption2 = Metacarpophalangeal articulation and… …   Wikipedia

  • hinge joint — lankstinė jungtis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. hinge joint; socket joint; turning joint vok. Gelenkkupplung, f rus. шарнирное соединение, n pranc. articulation, f; joint à charnière, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • hinge joint — noun Date: 1802 a joint between bones (as at the elbow) that permits motion in only one plane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hinge joint — (Subclass Copepoda): In male, modified joint in midregion of geniculate type of antennule to fold down on basal half, antennule serves as grasping organ during copulation [Stachowitsch, 1992] …   Crustacea glossary

  • hinge joint — Anat. ginglymus. [1795 1805] * * * …   Universalium

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