Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint..

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Joint :: "Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint..
Conjoint :: Conjoint (a.) United; connected; associated.
Anarthropodous :: Anarthropodous (a.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Joint :: "Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards..
Jointer :: Jointer (n.) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.
Trochantine :: Trochantine (n.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa..
Dimera :: Dimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi..
Wrist :: Wrist (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus..
Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Kneed :: Kneed (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass..
Coexecutrix :: Coexecutrix (n.) A joint executrix.
Combinedly :: Combinedly (adv. In combination or cooperation) ; jointly.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..
Lith :: Lith (n.) A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts..
Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) Joint nature.
Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints..
Coefficiency :: Coefficiency (n.) Joint efficiency; cooperation.
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