flexure
[noun]
Synonyms: turn, angle, bend, bow, flection, turning

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flexure noun. ['flɛkʃǝ] L16.
[Latin flexura, from flex-: see FLEX verb, -URE.]
1. The action or an act of flexing or bending; curvature. L16.

2. Flexed or bent condition; bent figure or posture; bending or winding form. E17.

3. Something that is bent; a bend, a curve; spec. the inner surface of a flexed joint. E17.

4. A tendency to bend or be bent; a strain. Only in M17.

5. Ability to bend or be bent. M17-E19.

6. Science. The curving of a line or surface or solid, esp. from or towards a straight line, plane, etc. L17.

7. Geology. The bending of strata under pressure. M19.

■ flexural adjective of or relating to flexure L19.

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