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➰ A bend or curve 🦵 Bending a joint
flexure

flexure

1 9.5
A bend in something like a metal rod or part of the body
  • noun
  • /ˈflɛkʃər/
translation icon : curvatura
  • CT scan confirmed synchronous colonic tumors in the upper rectum and splenic flexure, and the reporting radiologist failed to detect the cecal carcinoma.
  • flexure toughness
  • splenic flexure
  • flexure strengths

They are in fact both heated by this mechanism of tidal flexure, which is why they have oceans within them and both of them have oceans.

Examples

  • Heading towards the splenic flexure now.

    Uncut Gems (2019)

  • Five beams were tested in flexure up to failure.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Failure of this beam was in flexure with cracks developing in the tension zone and becoming wider as the load increased.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Or splenic flexure of the large intestine.

    Captain Fantastic (2016)

  • This is the cervical flexure here, and there's the mesocephalic flexure, OK?

  • The beam failed in flexure with the yielding of longitudinal rebars leading to the crushing of concrete at the critical section.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Laparotomy confirmed three cancers in the caecum, splenic flexure, and rectosigmoid junction, for which proctocolectomy and terminal ileostomy were performed.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Their results indicated that the use of deformed fibers and increasing fiber content greatly enhanced the peak load under flexure and the flexural toughness characteristics of UHPC.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The engineer examined the flexure of the bridge to ensure it could withstand heavy loads.

  • During the surgery, the doctor carefully navigated the flexure of the spleen to avoid damaging surrounding tissues.

Synonyms

fold
vsflexure
84 2.4

A bend or crease in rock layers pushed together

is a broader curved part used for structural or anatomical curves
bend
vsflexure
77 1.2

A curved part of a road, river, pipe, or body

is used for specific turns or anatomical curved parts rather than any curve
crease
vsflexure
27 1.5

A line made when cloth or paper is folded

refers to larger curved structures, not just surface marks
crimp
vsflexure
1 6.1

A small wavy fold or ridge made by pressing something

applies to broader curves, not small decorative or functional ridges
plication
vsflexure
  • Specialized
9.9

A fold in fabric or body tissue

is used broadly for any curve or anatomical curved part

Compounds

sigmoid flexure
  • Specialized
9.9

An S-shaped bend near the end of the large intestine that leads to the rectum

Surface Forms

flexure singular
flexures plural

Morphology

flexure = flex (transparent) = flex + ure

The sense 'bend, fold, or curve' is a direct nominalization of 'flex' (the action/result of bending) using '-ure'.

Etymology

Flexure comes from the Latin root flectere meaning 'to bend', the same root as flex and flexible. Imagine a thin metal rod or a bridge that curves when it gets pressure or heat; that visible curve is a flexure. So, a flexure is any bend, fold, or curve in an object or in an organ.