flexure

flexure

[′flek·shər]

(embryology)

A sharp bend of the anterior part of the primary axis of the vertebrate embryo.

(geology)

A broad, domed structure.

A fold.

(mechanics)

The deformation of any beam subjected to a load.

Any deformation of an elastic body in which the points originally lying on any straight line are displaced to form a plane curve.

(vertebrate zoology)

The last joint of a bird's wing.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

flexure

The bending of a member, as under a load.

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