Thesaurus: flexure

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1. n. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
2. n. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
3. n. The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
4. n. 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.
5. n. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
6. n. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
7. n. act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
8. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
9. n:100 n. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)