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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.

flexure
The bending of a member, as under a load.


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5·6 Also, the influence of material fatigue on flexural strength is decisive, which is the reason for denture fractures.
These include single and twin-column mechanical testers and the FTPlus friction tester, which can be configured with the new software as a universal instrument for tensile, compression, and flexural tests.
In the area of physical testing, the company's capabilities are said to continue to expand so that it can provide the data pertaining to strength and elongation of materials in tension, compression or flexural modes of deformation.
 
 
 
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