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Flexure - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun flexure

is the act of bending or flexing; flexion.

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) ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.