What's the difference between hinge and hood?

Hinge


Definition:

  • (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
  • (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
  • (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
  • (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
  • (v. t.) To bend.
  • (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The first experiment gave good results, although only one participant had any previous experience of hinge axis location, and it is debatable whether or not this experience is necessary before satisfactory results can be obtained.
  • (2) Brief digestion at neutral pH without reduction produced a molecule in which the Fab and Fc fragments were still linked by a pair of labile disulphide bridges, and the Fc fragment released by cleaving these bonds, called 1Fc fragment, contained a portion of the ;hinge' region including an interchain disulphide bridge.
  • (3) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
  • (4) In order to identify the specific carboxyl groups labeled by ETC, a purified cytochrome c1 preparation containing both the heme peptide and the hinge peptide was dimethylated at all the lysines to prevent internal cross-linking.
  • (5) The present report of a fatality from an external rearview mirror indicates the continued potential for harm from a projecting structure in spite of a hinged mounting and rounded shape.
  • (6) This investigation presents a commentary about two researches locating the terminal hing axis (THA) in totally edentulous people determined through the guided and not guided methods with chin compression.
  • (7) These variations indicate modulations of the tertiary structure, which may be due to a change of the L-hinge angle.
  • (8) In the alpha a and beta subunits they probably occur in the proline- and glycine-rich hinge region, which connects the head to the trunk.
  • (9) Roma are close to a deal for the Fiorentina winger Adem Ljajic and Tottenham's hopes of taking Lamela appear to hinge on it being finalised.
  • (10) This indicates that the enzyme does not affect the Ig molecule in the hinge region only.
  • (11) Whereas binding of monoclonal antibodies recognizing the tip and interface is abrogated or diminished, binding of antibodies to the hinge region is greatly enhanced following exposure of virus or the monomeric form of HA to pH 5.
  • (12) The position of NADP on beef liver catalase corresponds to the carboxyl-terminal polypeptide hinge in Penicillium vitale fungal catalase, which connects the common catalase structure to the additional flavodoxin-like domain.
  • (13) The popular appeal of the "School Shield" program hinges on believing in heroics; good public policy depends on preventing the need for them.
  • (14) However, our data also show the intron structure to be less stable than the mature tRNA domain, suggesting that the precursor may best be described as having two domains with a hinge at the junction of the anticodon and intron stems.
  • (15) Analysis of cysteine-containing peptides shows that the heavy chain of the IgG protein LEC has a deletion of residues 216-230, thus encompassing the entire hinge region.
  • (16) The time of disability (i.e., sick leave) was significantly shorter (6 weeks) with a hinged cast, but only in ACL cases.
  • (17) The results of a CT-anatomical correlative study of the main ligaments of the cervico-occipital hinge are reported.
  • (18) Neuroepithelial cells transform from spindle-shaped to wedge-shaped within the median and paired dorsolateral hinge points of the bending neural plate, but the mechanisms underlying these localized changes are unclear.
  • (19) This substitution may increase the flexibility of the molecule in the hinge region between the globular domain and the stalk.
  • (20) Although a higher salvage rate was obtained with the less-constrained prostheses, an infected hinge prosthesis did not preclude successful implant salvage.

Hood


Definition:

  • (n.) State; condition.
  • (n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
  • (n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
  • (n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
  • (n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
  • (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
  • (n.) A covering for a horse's head.
  • (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
  • (n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use
  • (n.) The top or head of a carriage.
  • (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
  • (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
  • (n.) The top of a pump.
  • (n.) A covering for a mortar.
  • (n.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
  • (n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
  • (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
  • (v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 2009, a US army major shot 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas .
  • (2) The menace we’re facing – and I say we, because no one is spared – is embodied by the hooded men who are ravaging the cradle of civilization.
  • (3) All recipient mice and their littermates were maintained in isolation hoods to eliminate the possibility of exposure to other sources of P. carinii.
  • (4) Regarding the shots fired from Brelo’s gun, O’Donnell said they could have been the ones causing death, but so could others fired by other officers before his shots from the hood of the vehicle.
  • (5) Top Gear, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Primeval and Spooks were the company's top five highest-grossing shows sold internationally.
  • (6) To predict hood effectiveness, it is important to have knowledge of the airflow field that it generates.
  • (7) Asked if more needed to be done by Brinker and the board, Hood would only say: "They need to figure out what's going on.
  • (8) Andrew Hood, of the IFS, wrote: “Mr Osborne wants further cuts to social security spending to help reduce the deficit.
  • (9) Experiments were performed to measure velocities in front of six slot hoods.
  • (10) There is effective use of a scuba-like neoprene fabric which is slickly practical and gives a bold, shell-like silhouette to hooded coats and to sweatshirts which seems to reference the balloon and cocoon shapes that Cristobal Balenciaga invented to great acclaim in the 1950s.
  • (11) We cannot bring about justice through violence,” said the Rev Dr Jeff Hood, one of the organizers of the protest in Dallas.
  • (12) Repeated exposure of the nasal hoods to microwaves resulted in no damage to their texture and flexibility.
  • (13) History will judge you and you must at last answer your own conscience.” About 40 of the demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits, more than half of whom also donned black hoods over their faces, and one held up his wrists in handcuffs.
  • (14) David Lengel (@LengelDavid) FYI - I strongly object to Cards first base coach Chris Maloney wearing a hooded sweatshirt under his uniform.
  • (15) Raymond Hood – Terminal City (1929) 'Poem of towers' … Raymond Hood's 1929 drawings for the proposed Terminal City, in Chicago This never-built design for a massive new skyscraper quarter in Chicago is a vision of the modern city as a shadowed poem of towers; of glass and concrete dwarfing the people.
  • (16) Wearing royal blue cloaks with pointed hoods, the boys line up beside the road in a small village just outside the city of Ségou, chanting in unison.
  • (17) Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug said the search continued after teams late Thursday night found the bodies of two soldiers who had been in the vehicle.
  • (18) Use of the laminar flow cabinet produced a significantly greater level of contamination than the other methods, and it is concluded that the exhaust-ventilated safety hood should be used for this procedure.
  • (19) The Fawn-Hooded strain of rats exhibits a hemorrhagic disorder, known as platelet storage pool deficiency.
  • (20) Using field observations, modelling techniques and theoretical analysis, parameters describing the performance and collection efficiency of large industrial canopy fume hoods are established for, a) steady state collection of fume and b) collection of plumes with fluctuating flowrates.

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