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knuckle joint

noun

Updated on: 15 Apr 2018

Definition of knuckle joint

: a hinge joint in which a projection with an eye on one piece enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes on another piece and is retained by a pin or rivet

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Piecewise solutions To understand cavitation in knuckle joints, a pair of physicists analyzed its processes separately: bubble formation, bubble collapse, and sound-wave generation.

— chris lee, Ars Technica, "Cavitation dilemma resolved in knuckle-cracking model," 5 Apr. 2018

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circa 1864

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