'The flexure of a curve' definitions:

Definition of 'The flexure of a curve'

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  • 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]