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Flexure

Flexure Meaning & Definition
Flexure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flexure?

[n] act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
[n] an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[n] the state of being flexed (as of a joint)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flexure: bend | crease | crimp | flection | flexion | flexion | fold | plication

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flexure: angle | angularity | angularness | bend | bending | bow | bowing | conflexure | crease | creasing | crimp | crookedness | deflection | deflexure | diffraction | diffusion | dispersion | distortion | dog-ear | double | doubling | duplicature | flection | flex | flounce | fold | frill | gather | geanticline | geosyncline | hairpin turn | hookedness | inflection | lapel | lappet | meander | orthogonality | oxbow | plica | plication | plicature | ply | rectangularity | reflection | refraction | right-angledness | right-angularity | ruche | ruching | ruffle | scatter | S-curve | skewness | sweep | torsion | tuck | turn | turning

See Also | angular shape | angularity | bending | dorsiflexion | flex | kink | physiological condition | physiological state | plait | pleat | pucker | ruck | twirl | twist

Flexure In Webster's Dictionary

\Flex"ure\ (?; 135), n. [L. flexura.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending? --Shak. 2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. --British Quart. Rev. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. 4. (Astron.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. {The flexure of a curve} (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

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