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There appeared to be damage to the hinge joint connecting one of the ship's control flaps to the main body.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
Place the tip of an oyster knife into the hinge joint at the pointed end, keeping blade flat and parallel to shell.
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Odette Williams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
The company issued the recall Thursday for four models of the Tango Mini Stroller because the hinge joints can release.
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Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
If the hinge joints release, the stroller could collapse when under pressure, posing a fall hazard for a child, the recall says.
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Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
Unlike a hinge joint that moves only (for the most part) forward and backward, like the knee, the shape of the ball-and-socket joint in the hip allows for flexion, extension, internal and external rotation, abduction, and adduction.
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SELF, 22 Feb. 2019
But during the Loma Prieta quake the ground also shook laterally, creating stress the hinge joints could not withstand.
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Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
The metal hinge joints in some areas are showing signs of excess wear.
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Rick Anderson, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1802, in the meaning defined above
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“Hinge joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hinge%20joint. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
hinge joint
noun
: a joint between bones (as at the elbow) that permits motion in only one plane
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