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Curvature vs Flexure - What's the difference?

curvature | flexure |

As nouns the difference between curvature and flexure

is that curvature is the shape of something curved while flexure is the act of bending or flexing; flexion.

curvature

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The shape of something curved.
  • (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
  • The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.

    • flexure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
  • A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
  • * British Quarterly Review
    • Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered.
  • (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
  • (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
  • (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

    • Related terms

    * flex * flexural * flexion

    References

    * The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000). (Webster 1913) ----