hinge, flexible joint (noun)

a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other

hinge (verb)

a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend

"his absence is the hinge of our plan"

hinge (verb)

attach with a hinge

hinge (Noun)

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. See also pintel.

hinge (Noun)

A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.

hinge (Noun)

A point in time, on which subsequent events depend.

hinge (Noun)

The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.

hinge (Verb)

To attach by, or equip with a hinge.

hinge (Verb)

To depend on something.

hinge (Verb)

archaeology The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.

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 biology, many joints function as hinges.

Hinge

A hinge is a mechanical 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: all other translations or rotations being prevented, and thus a hinge has one degree of freedom. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components. In biology, many joints function as hinges, like the elbow joint.