FLEXURES

Noun

flexures

plural of flexure

Anagrams

• refluxes

Source: Wiktionary

FLEXURE

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

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