contraction joint

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noun Architecture, Civil Engineering.

a joint between two parts of a structure, designed to compensate for the contraction to which either part may be subject.

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Origin of contraction joint

First recorded in 1905–10

I went to his joint once, back when I was first hanging out in New York, doing plays.
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On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.
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“We are proud of the work we have done for our country,” Mitchell and Jessen have said in a joint statement.
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This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.
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While his mother was cleaning the fish, Alila made a fire and cut the bamboos at every joint.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The statutes usually prescribe how notice of the joint meeting shall be given.
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In fact, incredibly faster, after his once-a-century contraction of short years before.
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I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl.
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And on this night they produced the finished product of their joint work for the last several weeks.
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