Flexure

Quick meaning: Flexure is a noun meaning The act of bending or flexing; flexion.

Meaning

The act of bending or flexing; flexion.

More Meanings

1. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
2. (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
3. (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
4. (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
5. To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
6. (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

Example Sentences

varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered

The Stomach [of a weasel] about three inches long; proportionably, more than a Dogs. An inch in Diametre at the upper Orifice; and the nether, ¼; having a flexure towards its Conjunction with the Guts: ſhaped like to the body of a pair of Bag-Pipes.

Word Forms

• flexures
• flexuring
• flexured

Synonyms for flexure

Depending on context, synonyms include bend, crimp, fold, crease, plication.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bend, plication, fold, crease, crimp, flexion.

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