Definition of Hinged

1. a. Furnished with hinges.

Definition of Hinged

1. Adjective. Affixed by a hinge, as a door. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) Extremely high on drugs. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a postage stamp) Affixed with a stamp hinge ¹

4. Verb. (past of hinge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hinged

1. hinge [v] - See also: hinge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinged

hindwing
hindwings
hiney
hineys
hing
hinge
hinge-bow
hinge axis
hinge joint
hinge movement
hinge on
hinge position
hinge region
hinge termination
hinge upon
hinged (current term)
hinged flap
hingeing
hingeless
hingelike
hinger
hingers
hinges
hinging
hinging on
hinging post
hings
hink pink
hink pinks
hinkie pinkie

Literary usage of Hinged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"After making the necessary additions of moving-load stresses it is found that the total stresses in the lateral systems of the three-hinged trusses are 66 x ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In another form of three-hinged arch both upper and lower chords are curved ... Two-hinged arches are somewhat stiffer in the vicinity of the crown than the ..."

3. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"A two-hinged arch is a frame-work or beam with hinged ends which has inclined ... The bottom chords of two-hinged arches are usually cambered, however, ..."

4. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"Arches are divided, according to the number of hinges, into three-hinged arches, ... Three-hinged arches are in common use for exposition buildings, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In Germany and America two- and three-hinged arches of masonry and concrete nave been ... For an elementary account of the theory of arches, hinged or not, ..."

6. A Text Book on Graphic Statics by Charles Wesley Malcolm (1909)
"The only type of arch which will be considered here, and the one commonly used for long span roof trusses, is the three-hinged arch. A three-hinged arch is ..."

7. A Text Book on Graphic Statics by Charles Wesley Malcolm (1909)
"The only type of arch which will be considered here, and the one commonly used for long span roof trusses, is the three-hinged arch. A three-hinged arch is ..."

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