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Webster 1913 Edition
Flexure
Flex′ure
(?; 135)
, Noun.
[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? Shakespeare
2.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
Varying with the
flexures
of the valley through which it meandered. British Quart. Rev.
3.
(Zool.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flexure
FLEX'URE
,Noun.
1.
A winding or bending; the form of bending; as the flexure of a joint.2.
The act of bending.3.
The part bent; a joint.4.
The bending of the body; obsequious or servile cringe.Definition 2024
flexure
flexure
English
Noun
flexure (plural flexures)
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- British Quarterly Review
- Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered.
- British Quarterly Review
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- (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.
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References
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000).