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Swing

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005806

The direction in which a door, gate, or casement window is designed to open, specified as either left-hand or right-hand. The determination of hand is based on the location of the hinges when viewing the door from a specific side, which varies by standard. For example, one convention determines hand by standing on the exterior or secure side of the door.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005806
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectCarpentry
See alsoSwingle
TranslationsGerman: aushängen; Spanish: colocar bisagras; French: monter sur gonds
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005806",
  "term": "Swing",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The direction in which a door, gate, or casement window is designed to open, specified as either left-hand or right-hand. The determination of hand is based on the location of the hinges when viewing the door from a specific side, which varies by standard. For example, one convention determines hand by standing on the exterior or secure side of the door.",
  "subject": "Carpentry",
  "see_also": [
    "swingle"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "aushängen",
    "es": "colocar bisagras",
    "fr": "monter sur gonds"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/swing/"
}

Record 6,310 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.