Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe..

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Jointer :: Jointer (n.) The longest plane used by a joiner.
Securipalp :: Securipalp (n.) One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.
Articulus :: Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
Articulate :: Articulate (a.) Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants..
Internodal :: Internodal (a.) Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird..
Rule :: Rule (a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly..
Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used..
Syntax :: Syntax (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..
Coparcenary :: Coparcenary (n.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.
Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
Entrochal :: Entrochal (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble..
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
Tetramerous :: Tetramerous (a.) Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Actionist :: Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.
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