hinge (h nj)n. 1. a. A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame. b. A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close. 2. A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album. 3. A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend. v. hinged, hing·ing, hing·es v.tr. 1. To attach by or equip with or as if with hinges or a hinge. 2. To consider or make (something) dependent on something else; predicate: "convenient and misleading fictions for hinging an argument" (Stephen Jay Gould). v.intr. To be contingent on a single factor; depend: This plan hinges on her approval. [Middle English henge; see konk- in Indo-European roots.] |   left: strap hinge right: T-hinge |
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