hip

hip

¹

1. either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh, overlying the lateral part of the pelvis and its articulation with the thighbones

2. another name for pelvis

3. short for hip joint

4. the angle formed where two sloping sides of a roof meet or where a sloping side meets a sloping end

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hip

²

the berry-like brightly coloured fruit of a rose plant: a swollen receptacle, rich in vitamin C, containing several small hairy achenes

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Hip

The external angle at the junction of two sloping roofs or sides of a roof: the rafter at the angle where two sloping roofs or sides of a roof meet.

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hip

[hip]

(anatomy)

The region of the junction of thigh and trunk.

The hip joint, formed by articulation of the femur and hipbone.

(building construction)

The external angle formed by the junction of two sloping roofs or the sides of a roof.

A rafter that is positioned at the junction of two sloping roofs or the sides of a roof.

(civil engineering)

hip joint

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HIP

[hip or ¦āch¦ī′pē]

(engineering)

hot isostatic pressing

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hip

hips, 1 (flush panel type)

1. The external angle at the junction of two sloping roofs or sides of a roof.

2. The rafter at the angle where two sloping roofs or sides of roofs meet.

3. The joint of a bridge truss where the top chord meets the inclined end post.

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