flexure
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Noun (3)
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)Synonyms: flectionflexionType of physical condition, physiological state
- 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”Synonyms: foldcreaseplicationcrimpbendType of angular shape, angularityKinds pleat, pucker, accordion fold, kink
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreasedSynonyms: flexionType of bendingKinds dorsiflexion, flex
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Flex′ure (?; 135), noun
Origin: 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?— William 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. Zoology The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
4. Astronomy 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 Mathematics, the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54