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FLEXURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flexure mean?
• FLEXURE (noun)
The noun FLEXURE has 3 senses:
1. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
2. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
3. act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
Familiarity information: FLEXURE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Derivation:
flex (bend a joint)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An angular or rounded shape made by folding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication
Context example:
a bend of his elbow
Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):
angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexure"):
plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)
kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)
pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))
Derivation:
flex (form a curve)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flexion; flexure
Hypernyms ("flexure" is a kind of...):
bending (the act of bending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flexure"):
flex (the act of flexing)
dorsiflexion (the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part))
Derivation:
flex (bend a joint)
flex (form a curve)
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