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flexure

Pronunciation: /ˈflɛkʃə/

Definition of flexure

noun

[mass noun] technical, chiefly Anatomy & Geology
  • the action of bending or curving, or the condition of being bent or curved.
  • [count noun] a bent or curved part:these lesser hills were flexures of the San Andreas system

Derivatives

flexural

adjective

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin flexura, from flectere 'to bend'

flexure in other Oxford dictionaries

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