01 n. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
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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.
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2.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.“Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered.” — British Quart. Rev.
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3.
The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.(Zool.)
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4.
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.(Astron.)
Phrases & compounds
The flexure of a curve —
the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.