'Flexure' definitions:
Definition of 'flexure'
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Definition of 'Flexure'
From: GCIDE
- Flexure \Flex"ure\ (?; 135), n. [L. flexura.]
- 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. [1913 Webster]
- Will it give place to flexure and low bending? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. [1913 Webster]
- Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. --British Quart. Rev. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Astron.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flexure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle,
- angularity,
- angularness,
- bend,
- bending,
- bow,
- bowing,
- conflexure,
- crease,
- creasing,
- crimp,
- crookedness,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dispersion,
- distortion,
- dog-ear,
- double,
- doubling,
- duplicature,
- flection,
- flex,
- flounce,
- fold,
- frill,
- gather,
- geanticline,
- geosyncline,
- hairpin turn,
- hookedness,
- inflection,
- lapel,
- lappet,
- meander,
- orthogonality,
- oxbow,
- plica,
- plication,
- plicature,
- ply,
- rectangularity,
- reflection,
- refraction,
- right-angledness,
- right-angularity,
- ruche,
- ruching,
- ruffle,
- S-curve,
- scatter,
- skewness,
- sweep,
- torsion,
- tuck,
- turn,
- turning