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Definition: The flexure of a curve
Flexure
\Flex"ure\ (?; 135), n. [L. flexura.]
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving;
flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
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Will it give place to flexure and low bending?
--Shak.
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2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
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Varying with the flexures of the valley through
which it meandered. --British
Quart. Rev.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
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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.
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The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve
towards or from a straight line.
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