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2 definitions found 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["o]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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flexure n : an angular shape made by folding [syn: {fold}, {crease}, {plication}, {crimp}, {bend}]
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