hinge joint
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4.3
- noun
- /hɪndʒ dʒɔɪnt/
- Specialized
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articulación bisagra
- And that's why people look for things like, you know, double hinge joints on on the legs or on the elbows who actually bend the legs.
Examples
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The body was modeled as six rigid body segments acting only in the sagittal plane connected by frictionless hinge joints (see Figure 2).
Academic text (2001) -
In another instance, a student applied her knowledge of the word hinge to help her understand hinge joints (like elbows) while researching the human body.
Academic text (2012) -
Your knee joint is a simple hinge joint that is able to twist and rotate.
Blog text (13) -
Your leg can't be at that angle because your knees are hinge joints and so your calf can't, literally cannot move in that direction.
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They bear the imprint of the body, hinge joints and fingernails impressed on one, the long body of the other bunched up and collapsed, its drawstring dangling down.
Academic text (2015) -
Many critical features of the forelimb of remingtonocetids and protocetids are not known, but basilosaurids and dorudontids resemble modern cetaceans in having a fixed wrist and an elbow that can function only like a hinge joint.
Academic text (2001) -
The knee is a hinge joint that enables you to bend and straighten your leg.
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In the human body, the hinge joint in your elbow allows for a wide range of arm movements.
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During physical therapy, she focused on strengthening the hinge joint in her knee for better mobility.
Synonyms
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A piece of metal or plastic that connects a door to its frame and lets it turn
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A joint that bends and straightens mainly in one direction, like the elbow
A place where two bones meet and move like a hinge in one direction
How Mobile
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines the literal meanings of 'hinge' (a pivoting metal joint) and 'joint' (where bones articulate) so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a body joint that moves like a door hinge. The analogy to a door hinge is explicit and cross-linguistically common, making the combined meaning directly derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Hinge joint comes from comparing a body joint to a hinge on a door. A door hinge lets the door open and close in mostly 'one direction', so a hinge joint is a joint that 'moves' mainly in that same way.