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Joint

For Joint we have terms and definitions in 30 topics. The topics are Apprenticeship, Arthritis, Auto Loan, Billiards, Bone Disorders, Books, Cholesterol, Construction, Credit Cards, Drugs, Entomological, Gardening, Geologic, Health, Hippy, Insect, Natural Gas, Orthopaedic Surgery, Paint, Paper, Pavement, Physical Geography, Physical Therapy, Plumbing, Quitting Smoking, Roofing, Speleological, Spine, Shoulder and Pelvis, Volcano and Wood.



Joint (Apprenticeship)

Indicates a program that is jointly sponsored by a group of employers and a labor organization with a collective bargaining agreement. It is administered by employer and employee representatives from an apprenticeship and training committee composed equally from management and labor.


Joint (Arthritis)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


Joint (Auto Loan)

Account


Joint (Billiards)

(General) On two-piece cues, the screw-and-thread device, approximately midway in the cue, that permits it to be broken down into two separate sections.


Joint (Bone Disorders)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


Joint (Books)

The exterior junction of the covers and spine of a book.


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Joint (Cholesterol)

A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the same as a joint.
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Joint (Construction)

A device connecting two or more adjacent parts of a structure; a roller joint allows adjacent parts to move controllably past one another; a rigid joint prevents adjacent parts from moving or rotating past one another


Joint (Credit Cards)

Account


Joint (Drugs)

Marijuana cigarette


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Joint (Entomological)

Strictly speaking, an articulation between neighbouring parts, such as the femur and tibia of the leg, but the word is commonly used as a synonym of segment - meaning any of the divisions of the body or its appendages.


Joint (Gardening)

(See Node)


Joint (Geologic)

A narrow crack in rock along which there has been no significant movement of either side. Joints commonly form in parallel sets.


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Joint (Health)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


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Joint (Hippy)

A marijuana cigarette.


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Joint (Insect)

Strictly speaking, an articulation between neighbouring parts, such as the femur and tibia of the leg, but the word is commonly used as a synonym of segment - meaning any of the divisions of the body or its appendages.


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Joint (Natural Gas)

The connection between two lengths of material such as pipe. See LENGTH.The location at which two pieces of pipe or a pipe and a fitting are connected together. NOTE: The joint may be made by an adhesive, a solvent-cement, heat joining, or a mechanical device such as threads or a ring seal.


Joint (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


Joint (Paint)

The gap or space created when two building materials come together, such as where two pieces of molding join or where the bathtub and bathroom wall meet.


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Joint (Paper)

The flexible hinge where the cover of a casebound book meets the spine, permitting the cover to open without breaking the spine of the book or breaking apart the signatures; also called a hinge.


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Joint (Pavement)


A plane of weakness to control contraction cracking in concrete pavements. A joint can be initiated in plastic concrete or green concrete and shaped with later process.


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Joint (Physical Geography)

A fracture in a rock where no movement has taken place or where no movement has taken place perpendicular to the surface of the fracture. Important in rock weathering because it increases the exposed surface area.


Joint (Physical Therapy)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


Joint (Plumbing)

One length of pipe


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Joint (Quitting Smoking)

A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the same as a joint.


Joint (Roofing)

The space or opening between two or more adjoining surfaces.


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Joint (Speleological)

A planar or gently curving crack separating two parts of once continuous rock, without relative movement along its plane.
Speleology term.


Joint (Spine, Shoulder and Pelvis)

Where the ends of two or more bones meet.


Joint (Volcano)

A surface of fracture in a rock.


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Joint (Wood)

The place where two or more pieces of material meet.


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