(engineering) A knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come into line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.

A joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulfur, which by oxidation becomes hard and impervious to steam, water, etc.

In sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.

(anatomy) A type of joint where motion is restricted to one plane as in the knee or elbow.

a joint that may move horizontally such as the neck vertebrae

plural of joint venture

(India) A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children, or multiple generations along with spouses.

Synonym of joint family

a military strategy employing combined arms to accomplish a specified objective.

plural of clip-joint