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flexure
/ ˈflɛkʃə /
noun
- the act of flexing or the state of being flexed
- a bend, turn, or fold
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Derived Forms
- ˈflexural, adjective
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Other Words From
- flexur·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Then the rivets were cut out similarly at the other point of contrary flexure and the joint opened.
In the siphon recorder script dots and dashes are represented by curves of opposite flexure.
I may here observe, that sometimes in the sexes a difference is also to be found in the direction or flexure of their antenn.
Beyond the mid-brain is placed the fore-brain, whose growth is rapidly rendering the cranial flexure imperceptible.
Great changes have been effected in the head, resulting in a diminution of the cranial flexure.
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