flexure
noun
flex·ure ˈflek-shər 
1
: the quality or state of being flexed : flexion
2
: turn, bend, fold
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond? 
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin flexūra "act of bending, bend, curve," from flexus (past participle of flectere "to cause to move in a different direction, bend, curve," of uncertain origin) + -ūra -ure
First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
flexure
noun
flex·ure ˈflek-shər
1
: the quality or state of being flexed : flexion
2
: an anatomical turn, bend, or fold
especially : one of three sharp bends of the anterior part of the primary axis of the vertebrate embryo that serve to establish the relationship of the parts of the developing brain see cephalic flexure, cervical flexure, hepatic flexure, pontine flexure, sigmoid flexure, splenic flexure
flexures
noun
as in folds
Synonyms & Similar Words
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