The probability distribution of a random variable whose sample space is the Cartesian product of the sample spaces of its (at least two) component random variables.

plural of joint committee

(anatomy) The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).

(anatomy) A joint at the top of the shoulder, the junction between the acromion and the clavicle.

(architecture) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken, intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

plural of joint space

(slang) An establishment where opium is smoked.

(information theory) The Shannon entropy of a "script" whose "characters" are elements of the Cartesian product of the sets of characters of the component scripts.

(architecture, of a floor) Whose boards are laid so that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

A mechanical linkage of the type of an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure when brought into this position.