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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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joint adj. a term used to describe activities, operations, etc., in which elements of two or more military departments participate.
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THE JOINT ENGINEERING WAY AHEAD
Magazine article from: Engineer; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...all Service engineers if full-spectrum joint engineer functions are to be attained...range of planning and execution efforts. Joint engineer planning can include simultaneous...stabilization engineer operations, including joint interagency, intergovernmental, and mul...
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Joint venturing opens new markets. (column)
Magazine article from: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News; 8/14/1989; ; 700+ words
; Joint venturing opens new markets Classic reasons for joint venturing are to enter new marketplaces, get larger jobs...expertise in conjunction with a more sophisticated and diverse joint venture partner. However, in all cases, a joint venture...
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Joints in slabs.(Concrete Basics)
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...That's why we need joints in slabs. We put joints where we think the concrete...anyway, and use the joint to create a nice straight...the slab. Contraction joints are created with groovers...There are also plastic joint-forming strips, but...
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Joint selection for interior water pipes: an overview of the various joints commonly used to connect copper, steel and plastic pipe.(Back to Basics)
Magazine article from: PM Engineer; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Also known as a "sweat joint," soldered joints are only used to join plain...stronger than the soldered joint and produces joints in copper tube stronger than...as the soldered or brazed joint. Grooved Joints. The grooved joint is a...
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Joint Doctrine Developments
Magazine article from: Engineer; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Can joint doctrine fix joint training and operational issues like those described above? Aren...answer is a qualified "yes" to both questions. As we look more to joint solutions in operations and training, the qualified "yes" should...
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Joint Replacement Technology: New Developments is Now Available.
Business Wire; 6/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...Biomechanics of joints Tribology in joint replacement Biomaterials...Failure mechanisms in joint replacement Predicting the lifetime of joints: clinical results...Intervertebral disc joint replacement technology...temperomandibular joints Replacing ankle...
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Joint engineer training: Top ten lessons learned
Magazine article from: Engineer; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...modern warfare demands that we fight as a joint team. This was important yesterday, it...will be even more imperative tomorrow. Joint Vision 2010 Army and Marine Corps engineers...upgrades. This scenario is an example of joint training, right? Not necessarily. To...
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Joint Preservation Is Necessary for Hands-On Chiropractic
Magazine article from: Dynamic Chiropractic; 11/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...significant reasons why this joint is unable to accept stress, compared to other joints of the hand or wrist. The CMC joint of the thumb is a...interphalangeal (IP) joints.2 Because the articulating...surfaces of this CMC joint are incongruously matched...
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Joints in concrete structures
Magazine article from: Concrete; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...an overview of joint provision in monolithic...concrete structures. Joints in ground-supported...provide movement joints will depend on many factors. Joint types In practice...are three main joint types for in...structures construction joints, contraction...
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JOINT INTELLIGENCE TRANSFORMATION-BRIDGING THE GAP
Magazine article from: Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; "Joint transformation does not happen overnight...and Integrate; and ultimately Coherently Joint.'" -Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani...Like the military as a whole, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) has transformed...
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joints
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...muscles and of their tendons which span the joint. Joints first appear during the sixth week of fetal...General features of joints Freely movable joints are referred to as synovial joints. The whole joint region is enclosed by a ‘capsule...
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joints and jointing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
joints and jointing The word ‘joint’ has been used...set is a group of parallel joints, and a joint system consists of two or...spectrum is called a systematic joint . Most systematic joints are of tectonic origin...
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Joint Estate
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
JOINT ESTATE Property owned by two or more people at the same time...interest, and with the same right of possession. Although joint estate is sometimes used interchangeably with joint tenancy , the two terms are not synonymous. Joint estate...
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Joint and Jointing
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...imperceptibly, when the joint was formed. Joints stand in contrast to faults...movement that created the joint. Groups of joints sharing a similar three...joints in a rock mass is a joint system. Joints can also be described as...
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Joint Venture
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
JOINT VENTURE An association of two or more individuals or companies engaged...for profit without actual partnership or incorporation; also called a joint adventure. A joint venture is a contractual business undertaking between two or more parties...
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