noun
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the act of flexing or the state of being flexed
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a bend, turn, or fold
Other Word Forms
- flexural adjective
Etymology
Origin of flexure
First recorded in 1585–95, flexure is from the Latin word flexūra a bending, turning, winding. See flex 1, -ure
Example Sentences
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"The flexure is a skeleton that we designed to be very soft and flexible in one direction, and very stiff in all other directions," Raman says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The new spring, or "flexure," is designed to get the most work out of any attached muscle tissues.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The flexure they ultimately designed is 1/100 the stiffness of muscle tissue itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The team sees the flexure design as a new building block that can be combined with other flexures to build any configuration of artificial skeletons.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
On the other hand, creatures which swim not by either kind of body flexure, but by a paddling action only, have the tail shortened, as we see in swans and turtles.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
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