Usually means: Connection for transmitting axial forces.
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  1. knuckle joint: Merriam-Webster
  2. knuckle joint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. knuckle joint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. knuckle joint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. knuckle joint: Vocabulary.com
  6. knuckle joint: Wordnik
  7. knuckle joint: Wiktionary
  8. knuckle joint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. knuckle joint: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Knuckle joint, knuckle joint: Dictionary.com
  11. Knuckle joint (mechanical): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. knuckle joint: Rhymezone
  13. knuckle joint: FreeDictionary.org
  14. knuckle joint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. knuckle joint: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. knuckle joint: Encyclopedia

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  1. knuckle joint: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knuckle joint)

▸ noun:  (engineering) A joint where the forked end of a connecting rod is joined by a bolt to another piece of the machinery.

Similar:
knuckle, hinge joint, Metacarpophalangeal joint, knucklebone, knuck, knuckler, knottle, butt, knobble, thumbnut, more...

Types:
metacarpophalangeal, interphalangeal, metatarsophalangeal, carpometacarpal, trapezi, more...

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Similar:
knuckle, hinge joint, Metacarpophalangeal joint, knucklebone, knuck, knuckler, knottle, butt, knobble, thumbnut, more...

Types:
metacarpophalangeal, interphalangeal, metatarsophalangeal, carpometacarpal, trapezi, more...



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