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 flexure they ultimately designed is 1/100 the stiffness of muscle tissue itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
Raman and her colleagues report the details of the new flexure design in a paper appearing in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.
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
This movement is the so-called flexure of the pendulum support, and must be taken into account in the most accurate observations.
From Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Lenzen, Victor Fritz
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