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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The quartz rock must have bee quite pasty when it underwent such remarkable flexure without being shattered into fragments. Even in the rude circumferential rim or wall of wax round a growing comb, flexures may sometimes be observed, corresponding in position to the planes of the rhombic basal plates of future cells. |
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