You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
flexures
plural of flexure
• refluxes
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
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.