flexure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flexure	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flexure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexure n the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure, flection, flexion] 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" Synonym(s): fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased Synonym(s): flexion, flexure Antonym(s): extension
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flexure \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[94]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.