Meaning of FLEXURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'flekshur
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- [n] act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- [n] an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- [n] the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
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| | Synonyms: | | bend, crease, crimp, flection, flexion, flexion, fold, plication |
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| | Antonyms: | | extension | | |
| | See Also: | | angular shape, angularity, bending, dorsiflexion, flex, kink, physiological condition, physiological state, plait, pleat, pucker, ruck, twirl, twist | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flex"ure\ (?; 135), n. [L. flexura.]
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving;
flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
Will it give place to flexure and low bending?
--Shak.
2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
Varying with the flexures of the valley through
which it meandered. --British
Quart. Rev.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
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.
{The flexure of a curve} (Math.), the bending of a curve
towards or from a straight line.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, scatter, S-curve, skewness, sweep, torsion, tuck, turn, turning |
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