plural of mortise-and-tenon joint

plural of ground glass joint

plural of pick-up joint

(construction, woodworking) A joint formed by adjacent, separate section of material, such as where two neighboring pieces of insulation abut.

plural of joint account

(American spelling) A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.

A bank account owned jointly by two or more persons.

(construction) A structural separation between two building elements that allows free movement between the elements without damage to the system.

(construction) A groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.

(anatomy) The joint between the radius and humerus bones in the arm.