hinged

hinge | American Dictionary

hinge
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhɪndʒ/
a folding device, usually made of metal, that is attached to a door, gate, or lid on one side, allowing it to open and close

Examples of hinge

hinge
Hinge-bending motion and the substrate-induced conformational transition studied by site-directed spin labeling.
These critical trajectories approach at zero angle and from the side opposite the approach of the hinge points.
The former hinges on the possibility of software agents being regarded as legal persons in the eyes of the law.
Effective prevention of these problems hinges upon knowledge of early risk factors and pathogenic processes.
The solution of the problem thus hinges on locating the free boundary separating regions where the two different regimes prevail.
This also constrains the axle of the hinge under the staple.
Multi-branched loops can play a key role in tertiary structure because they can act as flexible hinges between otherwise fairly rigid helical domains.
The success of group-supported candidates to get elected thus hinged mainly on the ability of these groups to get their candidates endorsed by the parties.
Conservatives made their messages compatible with the rhetorical environment, understanding whether consciously or unconsciously that their prospects hinged on conforming to it.
These moral criticisms have become the important third party upon which the rhetorical legitimacy hinges.
But everything hinges on how the restrictions are motivated.
In the past, we have referred to this area between the off-set hinges of the atrioventricular valves as the atrioventricular muscular septum.
But any form of ethnic nationalism is likely to hinge on the spectre of internal contamination.
This walker has two equal legs, modeled as rigid bodies coupled with a frictionless hinge at the hip.
So, it looks as if popularity butters the parsnips of management theory, and that popularity does not hinge on a robust evidence base.
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