flexure

[ flek-sher ]

noun

1. the act of flexing flex or bending.
2. the state of being flexed flex flexed or bent.
3. the part bent; bend; fold.

flexure

/ ˈflɛkʃə /

noun

1. the act of flexing or the state of being flexed
2. a bend, turn, or fold

Derived Forms

• ˈflexural, adjective

Other Words From

• flexur·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flexure¹

First recorded in 1585–95, flexure is from the Latin word flexūra a bending, turning, winding. See flex ¹, -ure

Example Sentences

Then the rivets were cut out similarly at the other point of contrary flexure and the joint opened.

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In the siphon recorder script dots and dashes are represented by curves of opposite flexure.

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I may here observe, that sometimes in the sexes a difference is also to be found in the direction or flexure of their antenn.

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Beyond the mid-brain is placed the fore-brain, whose growth is rapidly rendering the cranial flexure imperceptible.

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Great changes have been effected in the head, resulting in a diminution of the cranial flexure.

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Related Words

• angle
• change
• corner
• curve
• departure
• direction
• reversal
• round
• shift
• spin
• spiral
• swing
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