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English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
hinge\ on — • hinge (up)on v To depend on as decisive: be decided by. In a dictatorship, everything hinges on one man. A tobacco grower s income for the year may hinge on what the weather is like in a few summer weeks … Словарь американских идиом
hinge\ upon — • hinge (up)on v To depend on as decisive: be decided by. In a dictatorship, everything hinges on one man. A tobacco grower s income for the year may hinge on what the weather is like in a few summer weeks … Словарь американских идиом
Hinge — For the surname, see Hinge (surname). For the philatelic term, see Stamp hinge. A barrel 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… … Wikipedia
hinge on — or[hinge upon] {v.} To depend on as decisive: be decided by. * /In a dictatorship, everything hinges on one man./ * /A tobacco grower s income for the year may hinge on what the weather is like in a few summer weeks./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hinge on — or[hinge upon] {v.} To depend on as decisive: be decided by. * /In a dictatorship, everything hinges on one man./ * /A tobacco grower s income for the year may hinge on what the weather is like in a few summer weeks./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Hinge joint — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 70 GrayPage = 285 Caption = 1: Ball and socket joint; 2: Condyloid joint (Ellipsoid); 3: Saddle joint; 4 Hinge joint; 5: Pivot joint; Caption2 = Metacarpophalangeal articulation and… … Wikipedia
hinge selvage — (Class Ostracoda): In dorsal margin (hinge area) of valve; ridge like elevation corresponding and occasionally continuous with selvage of anterior, ventral, and posterior margins) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
Stamp hinge — Stamp hinges are small, folded, rectangular pieces of paper coated with a mild gum. They are used by stamp collectors to affix postage stamps onto the pages of a stamp album. The short end is moistened and affixed to the stamp, the long end is… … Wikipedia
butt hinge — noun a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb • Hypernyms: ↑hinge, ↑flexible joint * * * noun Etymology: butt (VI) : a hinge applied on and usually mortised flush into the edge of a door and the face of the casing against which… … Useful english dictionary
T hinge — noun a hinge that looks like the letter T when it is opened; similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame • Syn: ↑tee hinge • Hypernyms: ↑hinge,… … Useful english dictionary
butt hinge — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English