sliding joint
1sliding joint — See slip joint …
2joint — [1] The place where two pieces meet when a structure is made of smaller pieces. [2] A flexible or firm connector between two rods. [3] Connecting point as between two pipes. [4] The location at which two adherends are held together by an adhesive …
3Joint manipulation — For extended detail of manipulation of spinal joints, see Spinal manipulation. Joint manipulation is a type of passive movement of a skeletal joint. It is usually aimed at one or more target synovial joints with the aim of achieving a therapeutic …
4slip joint — [1] A joint that will transfer driving torque from one shaft to another while allowing longitudinal movement between the two shafts. A variable length connection that permits the driveshaft or axle shaft to change its length as the shaft moves up …
5slip-joint pliers — slip′ joint pli ers n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) bui pliers having a sliding joint, permitting the span of the jaws to be adjusted …
6plunging joint — A slip joint which is a connection in the drive train, of variable length, which permits the drive shaft to change in effective length. The British term is sliding joint …
7slip-joint pliers — /slip joynt /, (sometimes used with a sing. v.) pliers having a sliding joint, permitting the span of the jaws to be adjusted. See illus. under plier. * * * …
8Dovetail joint — For other uses, see Dovetail (disambiguation). Dovetailed woodworking joints on a Romanian church …
9Exfoliation joint — Exfoliation joints wrapping around Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California …
10Temporomandibular joint — Infobox Anatomy Name = Temporomandibular joint Latin = articulatio temporomandibularis GraySubject = 75 GrayPage = 297 Caption = Articulation of the mandible. Lateral aspect. Caption2 = Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. Precursor =… …
