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1. Hinge
   Hinges are the joints on which doors, gates, etc, turn. During the Middle Ages, even at an early period, they were frequently made very conspicuous, and were ornamented with scrolls: several of the illuminations of Caedmon's metrical Paraphrase of Scripture History, which is considered to have been ...
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2. hinge
   [n] - a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend 2. [n] - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other 3. [v] - attach with a hinge
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3. Hinge
   The mechanism to enable windows and doors to open & close
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4. Hinge
   A paper or muslin stub used to affix a print to its mat
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5. Hinge
   A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.
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6. Hinge
   A more or less local situation on which due to the formation of tensile openings, the structure can rotate as if it were an articulation.
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7. hinge
   Folding metal joint which allows doors and lids to open and shut; it can be decorative as well as functional. Before the 16thC, pin hinges were used on boarded and panelled furniture (see joining): a loose pin or barrel acts as a pivot which is pushed through corresponding holes in the two parts to be joined. The wire hinge, consisting of two inter …
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8. Hinge
   Hinge noun [ Middle English henge , heeng ; akin to Dutch heng , LG. henge , Prov. English hingle a small hinge; connected with hang , v., and Icelandic hengja to hang. See Hang .] 1. T...
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9. Hinge
   Hinge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hinged ; present participle & verbal noun Hinging .] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. 2. To bend. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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10. Hinge
    Hinge intransitive verb To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon ; as, the argument hinges on this point. I. Taylor
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11. hinge
    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. 'The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning.' (Milton) ... 2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle...
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12. hinge
    flexible joint noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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13. hinge
    verb attach with a hinge
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14. Hinge
    • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To bend. • (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible p...
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15. hinge
    (from the article `metalwork`) ...of time, the need for protective barriers ended, there was greater freedom of work and a definite trend toward ornamentation. Throughout England, ... There were no new marked developments in ironwork during the 14th century. Smiths confined their efforts mostly to hinges. Until this period the vine ... ...
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16. Hinge
    Flexible joint of metal, wood, or other material allowing two or more ajoining sections to bend at a point within a specific radius.
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17. hinge
    Folding metal joint which allows doors and lids to open and shut; it can be decorative as well as functional. Before the 16thC, pin hinges were used on boarded and panelled furniture (see joining): a loose pin or barrel acts as a pivot which is pushed through corresponding holes in the two parts to ...
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18. Hinge
    A `hinge` is a type of bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components. In ...
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19. Hinge Album
    A plastic strap binding allows your albums to expand. These tend to lay flatter than the post bound albums.
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20. hinge axis
    Synonym for transverse horizontal axis ... An imaginary line around which the mandible may rotate through the horizontal plane. ... Synonym: hinge axis, mandibular axis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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21. hinge axis
    Type: Term Synonyms: transverse horizontal axis
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22. hinge feature.
    a kind of cleavage produced by a flake which does not run its full length. The point of termination is abrupt, and the flake is rounded on its ventral face and sharp on its dorsal face at the distal end.
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23. Hinge Fracture
    A scar left behind when the terminal end of a blade or flake, being struck from the parent material, makes a sharp dip into the material causing a deep abrupt fracture.
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24. hinge joint
    [n] - a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
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25. Hinge joint
    Specific type of moveable joint that allows movement in two dimensions only. Examples of hinge joints include the elbow and the knee.
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