Downflex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Downflex is a verb meaning (transitive) To force downward without breaking.
Meaning
(transitive) To force downward without breaking.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To bend or stretch downward.
- Something that has been forced to curve downward.
- Something that can bend in a downward direction.
- (economics) Showing flexibility in a downward direction.
Example Sentences
The continent edge would downflex as the ocean floor is loaded by a continental-rise prism.
The southern end of the Rockies plunges gradually along its sharp frontal downflex and passes into the Anton Chico monocline.
As along the eastern United States, continental shelves commonly acquire a prism of sediments as the continental margin downflexes.
Dinosaurs, as well as growing taller, developed a more pronounced downflex to lower their heads closer to the ground for better cropping techniques.
Word Forms
- downflexes
- downflexing
- downflexed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include downpress, pull down, fall, downstrike, deflex, unflex.
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