Definitions for hinge
hɪndʒhinge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. hinge, flexible jointnoun

   a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other

2. hingeverb

   a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend

   "his absence is the hinge of our plan"

3. hingeverb

   attach with a hinge

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hingenoun

   A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. See also pintel.

2. hingenoun

   A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.

3. hingenoun

   A point in time, on which subsequent events depend.

4. hingenoun

   The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.

5. hingeverb

   To attach by, or equip with a hinge.

6. hingeverb

   To depend on something.

7. hingeverb

   archaeology The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.

   The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.

8. Etymology: henge, from *, compare henge- in hengeclif, hengen. Akin to henge, henghe, hengel, geheng, hengsel, dialectal hängel, Henkel, hon, hangian. More at hang.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hingenoun

   Etymology: or hingle, from hangle or hang.

   1. Joints upon which a gate or door turns.

   At the gate
   Of heav’n arriv’d, the gate self-open’d wide,
   On golden hinges turning. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. v.

   Then from the hinge their strokes the gates divorce,
   And where the way they cannot find, they force. John Denham.

   Heav’n’s imperious queen shot down from high;
   At her approach the brazen hinges fly,
   The gates are forc’d. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. The cardinal points of the world, East, West, North, and South.

   If when the moon is in the hinge at East,
   The birth breaks forward from its native rest;
   Full eighty years, if you two years abate,
   This station gives. Thomas Creech, Manilius.

   And these being hinges of the world, create
   New powers in stars. Thomas Creech, Manilius.

   3. A governing rule or principle.

   The other hinge of punishment might turn upon a law, whereby all men, who did not marry by the age of five and twenty, should pay the third part of their revenue. William Temple.

   4. To be off the Hinges. To be in a state of irregularity and disorder.

   The man’s spirit is out of order and off the hinges; and ’till that be put into its right frame, he will be perpetually disquieted. John Tillotson, Sermon 4.

2. To Hingeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To furnish with hinges.2. To bend as an hinge.

   Be thou a flatt’rer now, and hinge thy knee;
   And let his very breath, whom thou’lt observe,
   Blow off thy cap. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 translations or rotations being prevented, and thus a hinge has one degree of freedom. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components. In biology, many joints function as hinges, like the elbow joint.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hingenoun

   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

2. Hingenoun

   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

3. Hingenoun

   one of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south

4. Hingeverb

   to attach by, or furnish with, hinges

5. Hingeverb

   to bend

6. Hingeverb

   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

7. Etymology: [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]

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1. Hinge

   A hinge is a type of 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. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components. In biology, many joints function as hinges.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hinge

   hinj, n. the hook or joint on which a door or lid hangs: that on which anything depends or turns.—v.t. to furnish with hinges: to bend.—v.i. to hang or turn as on a hinge: to depend on:—pr.p. hing′ing; pa.p. hinged.—n. Hinge′-joint (anat.), a joint in which the bones move.—Off the hinges, in a state of confusion. [Related to hang.]

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1. Hinge

   Hinge is a mobile app that uses Facebook to help young people meet dates through their friends. Users log in and rate a daily batch of their friends’ friends on a scale of 1-5. Anytime there is mutual interest, Hinge makes a content-rich intro derived from each user’s Facebook profile.Hinge has raised $650k, led by 500 Startups and Piedmont Capital.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hinge

   of maxilla = cardo; q.v.: the point of articulation of a movable joint.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hinge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hinge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hinge in a Sentence

1. Cheng Chen:

   The strong retail sales report should go a long way in supporting September rate hike odds as the upcoming Fed decision continues to hinge crucially on the tone of domestic economic momentum.

2. Panos Panay:

   A lot went into it because you don't want any moment where the product doesn't feel perfect in any posture at any given time, it's been building all this time -- the hinge work across Surface Studio, our detach work on Surface Book... the pen's haptics and when you put it down, you actually feel friction. All that tech has been brewing for four to five years. There's a lot of patience.

3. Benjamin Goldstein:

   The technologies are there, getting to Paris( Climate Accord targets) doesn't hinge on some miraculous technological solution. The technologies exist today -- it's about getting them to( people).

4. Doron Nir:

   Long-term success is not going to hinge solely on securing a couple of big names, a streaming platform's success comes from a community that's cultivated from many creators creating a lot of content over a lot of time.

5. Phillip Futures:

   If prices hold above these levels, there is a chance that prices could move higher this week, which should hinge on optimistic nonfarm payrolls.

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