(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.
Rectangle
Definition:
(n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
(a.) Rectangular.
Example Sentences:
(1) Electron micrographs of negatively stained hexamers show a characteristic curvilinear, equilateral triangle of 12 nm in diameter (top view) and a rectangle measuring 10 x 12 nm (side view).
(2) Slice in half lengthways and then cut each half into six short rectangles.
(3) It’s all well and good standing in a gallery and stroking your chin, but if you cast your eyes to the left and summon the concentration it takes to read the little rectangle of artistic blurb next to it, all of that context and explanation really helps transform that weird bit of twisted wire your kid could make into something deep and primal pulled from the soul.
(4) Asked about Samsung's reaction to the verdict, in which it said it was "unfortunate that patent law allows the patenting of rectangles with rounded corners", Hogan responded that "we didn't look at any singular aspect" of the devices when considering Apple's "trade dress" complaints of physical similarity between the iPhone and iPad and various Samsung devices.
(5) The Hartshill rectangle avoids the problems of overlapping L rods and gives increased stability and correction of rotation.
(6) The Hartshill rectangle, a metal frame fixed to the laminae by sublaminar wires, has been used in 50 cases.
(7) The size sequence of the molar teeth in three genera, including seven species, of the Cercopithecidae was examined on the basis of mesiodistal and buccolingual crown diameters, and rectangle measurements (mesiodistal d. X buccolingual d.).
(8) The ratios between the lengths of the sides of the rectangles were the same in both series, but in one series the size of the rectangles covaried with the ratio between length and width, as in Godkewitsch's 1974 study, and in the other series the rectangles were of equal area.
(9) The approximate mitral orifice was covered by a 44 x 40 mm rectangle and the approximate tricuspid orifice was covered by a 59 x 41 mm rectangle.
(10) Tawane’s family was shown to a rectangle of sand in block E5 of Hagadera.
(11) Roll out the dough into a rectangle, says the recipe.
(12) Three views can be observed and interpreted: (a) a square face which, in situ, is junctionally associated with the transverse tubule or junctional face membrane; (b) a rectangle equivalent to the side view; and (c) a diamond shape equivalent to the side view, of which the base portion appears to be equivalent to the transmembrane segment.
(13) They were faster on an arrow pointing up the higher it was in the rectangle, and they were faster on an arrow pointing down the lower it was in the rectangle.
(14) Many of the nevocytic nevi identified in these rectangles had the clinical features of dysplastic nevi.
(15) Calsequestrin has been precipitated with calcium into five different crystal forms: cruciform twins, flat rectangles, thin needles, bipyramids, rectangular prisms, and a sixth precrystalline form, spheres.
(16) 3 groups of 3 men (high, medium, low perceivers) reported more reversals for trapezoids than rectangles.
(17) In the first 45 cases, a simple, flat, unwelded rectangle was used, and in the last 26 the Hartshill rectangle was employed.
(18) The more troubling issue, though, is that this calculation assumes that as the tall-skinny rectangle gets shorter, it does not get wider.
(19) The present study examined possible hemispheric differences in discriminations of different sizes of geometric shapes (rectangles) and different meanings of words, and determined whether left and right hemisphere derived visual event related potentials (ERPs) were related to performance.
(20) First, we find that the ellipsoid and rectangle shapes fit the data with the same precision as the variance in repeated threshold measurements.