flexure
flexure is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. British Quart. Rev.
- 2.(Zoöl.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- 3.(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. The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arc
- arcade
- arch
- arched
- arcuation
- bay
- bend
- bending
- bough
- bought
- bow
- cardioid
- carve
- catenary
- caustic
- ceiling
- cocker
- cockle
- concameration
- conchoid
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crane
- crankle
- crease
- crescent
- crimple
- crinkle
- crook
- crumple
- curl
- curling
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- curvity
- deflection
- deflexion
- detour
- devexity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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