Joint
in anatomy, the union of any the the intervention of a structure or struce-jo The diff JOINT STOCK JOINVILLE tures different from both. The different number of individuals for the purpose of kinds of joints may be thus classified: carrying on some trade or business with 1. Synarthrosis: (1) Suture, (2) Schin- a view to individual profit; invested by dylesis, (3) Gomphosis, (4) Amphiar- statutes, in Europe and many of the Arthrothrosis. 2. Diarthrosis: (1) dia, (2) Enarthrosis, (3) Ginglymus, and (4) Diarthrosis rotatorius. The terms symphysis, synchondrosis, syneurosis, syssarcosis, and meningosis, formerly applied to joints, are now discarded.
În carpentry, a mode of securing together the meeting edges of wooden structures; the place where one piece of timber is united to another. The straight joint is where the edges make a buttjoint, being planed straight. Timbers are generally joined by mortises and tenons, or by straps and bolts. The various kinds of joints are named according to United States, with some of the privileges of a corporation. In ordinary partnerships, the members contribute more or less of their own personal labor or management to the affairs of the company. In joint stock partnerships , on the other hand, the members only contribute to the funds or "stock" of the company, without having any direct share in the management; and hence their name. The capital of the company is generally divided into equal parts, called "shares," a certain number of which are held by each member of the company; and in proportion to the numtheir forms and uses, thus: (1) A but-ber of these he is entitled to participate ting joint, in carpentry, is one in which the fibers of one piece are perpendicular to those of the other; in machinery, one in which the pieces meet at right angles. (2) A bevel joint, one in which the plane of the joint is parallel to the fibers of one piece and oblique to those of the other. (3) Dove-tail joint. (4) A longitudinal joint is one in which the common seam runs parallel with the fibers of both. (5) A miter joint, one formed by the meeting of matching pieces in a frame, the parts uniting on a line bisecting the angle, which is usually, but not necessarily, one of 90°. (6) A square joint, one in which the plane of the joint is at right angles to the fibers of one piece, and parallel to those of the other.
In geology, a natural fissure or line of parting traversing rocks in a straight and well-determined line, often at right angles to the planes of stratification. (6) A square In masonry, the face-joints of voussoirs are those which appear on the face of the arch. The vertical joint is be- The The tween stones of the same course. horizontal joint is between courses. coursing-joint is the joint between the courses of voussoirs. The heading-joint is that between two voussoirs in the same course. The flush-joint is filled up to the face by pointing with mortar.
In plumbing, the sheets of sheet-metal roofing are joined by a drip-joint or a flashing-joint in cases where they are not soldered. A flush-joint or jump-joint is a butt joint covered with a plate on the inner side, called the butt plate. In a lap-joint the pieces overlap each other.
The word is also applied in slang to an opium-smoking den; or any resort of bad repute.