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flexure n. 屈曲,彎曲部分,折縫 屈曲,彎曲部分,折縫 flexure n 1: the state of being flexed ( as of a joint) [ synonym: { flexure}, { flection}, { flexion}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { fold}, { crease}, { plication}, { flexure}, { crimp}, { bend}] 3: act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased [ synonym: { flexion}, { flexure}] [ ant: { extension}] Flexure \ Flex" ure\ (?; 135), n. [ L. flexura.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. [ 1913 Webster] Will it give place to flexure and low bending? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. [ 1913 Webster] Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. -- British Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Astron.) 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. [ 1913 Webster] { The flexure of a curve} ( Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " flexure": S- curve, angle, angularity, angularness, bend, bending, bow, bowing, conflexure, crease, creasing, crimp, crookedness, deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion, distortion, dog- ear, double, doubling, duplicature, flection, flex, flounce, fold, frill, gather, geanticline, geosyncline, hairpin turn, hookedness, inflection, lapel, lappet, meander, orthogonality, oxbow, plica, plication, plicature, ply, rectangularity, reflection, refraction, right- angledness, right- angularity, ruche, ruching, ruffle, scatter, skewness, sweep, torsion, tuck, turn, turning
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