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Hinge (other)
A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects. Hinge or hinges can also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Hinge, former name of the band Dry Kill Logic * "Hinge I" and "Hinge II", tracks on ''If You Saw Thro' My Eyes'' album by Iain Matthews Science and mathematics * Hinge joint (ginglymus), a bone joint * Hinge line of bivalve shells * Hinge teeth of bivalve shells * Ligament (bivalve) or hinge ligament of a bivalve shell * Molecular hinge, a molecule that can be selectively switched from one configuration to another in a reversible fashion * Multivariate adaptive regression splines#Hinge functions, Hinge functions in multivariate statistics * Hinge theorem in geometry People * See Hinge (surname) * Hinge and Bracket, stage personae Places * Hinges, Pas-de-Calais, a place in France Types of hinge * Floating hinge, a type of hinge that enables one of the objects to move away from the other * Geared continuous hinge, a type of continuous hinge * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinge
A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation: all other Translation (geometry), translations or rotations being prevented, and thus a hinge has one degree of freedom. Hinges may be made of Flexure bearing, flexible material or of moving components. In biology, many joints function as hinges, like the elbow joint. History Ancient remains of stone, marble, wood, and bronze hinges have been found. Some date back to at least Ancient Egypt. In Ancient Rome, hinges were called wikt:cardo#Latin, cardō and gave name to the goddess Cardea and the main street Cardo. This name cardō lives on figuratively today as "the chief thing (on which something turns or depends)" in words such as ''wikt:cardinal#English, cardinal''. According to the OED, the English word hinge is related to ''wikt:hang#English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
