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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flexure has 3 senses
- flexure(n = noun.state) flection, flexion - the state of being flexed (as of a joint); Array is a kind of physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
- flexure(n = noun.shape) bend, crease, crimp, fold, plication - 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" has particulars: plait, pleat, kink, twirl, twist, pucker, ruck
- flexure(n = noun.act) flexion - act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased; Array is a kind of bending
Derived form verb flex4
is a kind of angular shape, angularity
Derived form verb flex3
has particulars: flex, dorsiflexion
Derived forms verb flex4, verb flex3
CIDE DICTIONARY
flexure, n. [L. flexura.].
- 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?" [1913 Webster]
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. [1913 Webster]"Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered." [1913 Webster]
- The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flexure, n.
1 a the act of bending or the condition of being bent. b a bend, curve, or turn.
2 Math. the curving of a line, surface, or solid, esp. from a straight line, plane, etc.
3 Geol. the bending of strata under pressure.
1 a the act of bending or the condition of being bent. b a bend, curve, or turn.
2 Math. the curving of a line, surface, or solid, esp. from a straight line, plane, etc.
3 Geol. the bending of strata under pressure.
Derivative
flexural adj.
Etymology
L flexura (as FLEX(1))
THESAURUS
flexure
S-curve, 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, skewness, sweep, torsion, tuck, turn, turningROGET THESAURUS
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Curvature
N curvature, curvity, curvation, incurvature, incurvity, incurvation, bend, flexure, flexion, flection, conflexure, crook, hook, bought, bending, deflection, deflexion, inflection, inflexion, concameration, arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep, curl, curling, bough, recurvity, recurvation, sinuosity, kink, carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck, parabola, hyperbola, helix, spiral, catenary, festoon, conchoid, cardioid, caustic, tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof, bay window, bow window, sine curve, spline, spline curve, spline function, obliquity, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, devex, devious, recurved, recurvous, crump, bowed, vaulted, hooked, falciform, falcated, semicircular, crescentic, sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid, luniform, lunular, semilunar, conchoidal, helical, double helical, spiral, kinky, cordiform, cordated, cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney-shaped, reniform, lentiform, lenticular, bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched, beaked, bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute, clypeate, clypeiform, cymbiform, embowed, galeiform, hamate, hamiform, hamous, hooked, linguiform, lingulate, lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid, rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid, scutate, scaphoid, uncate, unguiculate, unguiform.Fold
N fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease, tuck, gather, flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel, pucker, crow's feet, plication, folded, fluted, pleated.
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