knuckle joint
a joint forming a knuckle.
Machinery. a joint between two parts allowing movement in one plane only.
Origin of knuckle joint
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How to use knuckle joint in a sentence
I first establish an arched hand position, and then test the firmness of the fingers and knuckle joints by tapping them.
Piano Mastery | Harriette BrowerExcessive friction was prevented by a pair of small rollers at each of the knuckle joints between the links.
Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 | Robert M. VogelThe men of Meissonier's time, like the old Dutchmen, worked from their knuckle joints.
The Man In The High-Water Boots | F. Hopkinson SmithRheumatism for the last six years of ankle, wrists, and knuckle joints, also pains across the lumbar muscles.
Thats something, and he tried to crack his knuckle joints, forgetting that he had thick mittens on.
Jack Ranger's Gun Club | Clarence Young
British Dictionary definitions for knuckle joint
any of the joints of the fingers
mechanical engineering a hinged joint between two rods, often a ball and socket joint
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