| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To depend.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb hinge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hinge) | 1. Attach with a hinge.[Wordnet]. 2. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.[Websters]. 3. To bend.[Websters]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: hinging, hinged, hinges, hinger, hingers, hingingly and hingedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HINGING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HINGING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Depending; turning. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: HINGING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hinging post | The gatepost on which the gate is hung. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hinge
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Backset, hinge | Business | On a door, the distance from the stop face to the edge of the hinge cutout. On a frame, the distance from the stop to the edge of the hinge cutout. (references) | |
| Butt hinge | Business | A type of hinge which has matching rectangular leaves and multiple bearing contacts, and is designed to be mounted in mortise in the door edge and in the frame. (references) | |
| Casement hinge | Business | A hinge for swinging a casement window. (references) | |
| Continuous hinge | Business | A hinge designed to be the same length as the edge of the moving part to which it is applied. Also called a piano hinge. (references) | |
| Fast pin hinge | Business | A hinge in which the pin is fastened permanently in place. (references) | |
| Hinge backset | Business | The distance from the edge of a hinge to the stop at the side of a door or window. (references) | |
| Hinge bolt | Mechanical Engineering | A short cylindrical piece upon and about which something rotates or oscillates. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hinge Crack | Hydrologic | Crack caused by significant changes in water level. (references) | |
| Hinge edge or hinge stile | Business | The vertical edge or stile of a door or window to which hinges or pivots are attached. (references) | |
| Hinge fault | Mining | A fault on which the movement of one side hinges about an axis perpendicular to the fault plane; displacement increases with distance from the hinge. It is a questionable term. CF:scissor fault;rotational fault. (references) | |
| Hinge region | Geology | The hinge region is a flexible area on the immunoglobulin molecule which contains many residues of the amino acid proline and is where the Fc fragment joins one of the two Fab fragments. (references) | |
| Hinge region | Religion | A flexible, open segment of an antibody molecule that allows bending of the molecule. The hinge region is located between Fab and Fc and is susceptible to enzymatic cleavage. (references) | |
| Hinge reinforcement | Business | A metal plate attached to a door or frame to receive a hinge. (references) | |
| Hinge rod | Mechanical Engineering | The connecting rod of a reciprocating internal combustion engine in which two or more pistons are linked to the same crank-throw by subordinate rods pivoted to the master rod which carries the big-end bearing. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Invisible hinge | Business | A hinge so constructed that no parts are exposed when the door is closed. (references) | |
| Leaf hinge | Business | The most common type of hinge, characterized by two flat metal plates or leaves, which pivot about a metal hinge pin. A leaf hinge can be surface mounted, or installed in a mortise. See also Butt Hinge and surface hinge. (references) | |
| Loose joint hinge | Business | A hinge with two knuckles. The pin is fastened permanently to one and the other contains the pinhole. The two parts of the hinge can be disengaged by lifting. (references) | |
| Loose pin hinge | Business | A hinge having a removable pin to permit the two leaves of the hinge to be separated. (references) | |
| Strap hinge | Business | A surface hinge of which one or both leaves are of considerable length. (references) | |
| Surface hinge | Business | A hinge having both leaves attached to the surface and thus fully visible. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: hinge | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Hinge | 10 | Floating hinge | 3 | |
| Hinge joint | 9 | Hinge | 10 | |
| John Hinge | 9 | Hinge and Bracket | 7 | |
| The Crooked Hinge | 8 | Hinge joint | 9 | |
| Hinge and Bracket | 7 | Hinge theorem | 2 | |
| Jonbar Hinge | 7 | John Hinge | 9 | |
| Living hinge | 6 | Jonbar Hinge | 7 | |
| Stamp hinge | 6 | Living hinge | 6 | |
| Plastic hinge | 5 | Mike Hinge | 2 | |
| Floating hinge | 3 | Plastic hinge | 5 | |
| Hinge theorem | 2 | Stamp hinge | 6 | |
| Mike Hinge | 2 | The Crooked Hinge | 8 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
