flexion, flexure
(noun) act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
(noun) 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”
flexure, flection, flexion
(noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flexure (countable and uncountable, plural flexures)
The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
• British Quarterly Review
(anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
(zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
(astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
Source: Wiktionary
Flex"ure, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
4. (Astron.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
