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An angular or rounded shape made by folding.

        replec

        The state of being flexed (as of a joint)

            Usage of flexure in anglès
            1
            This will reduce the displacement of the sigmoid flexure, besides giving relief.
            The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
            2
            The defect is most serious where wood is subjected to flexure, as in beams.
            The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
            3
            The common theory of flexure can no longer be used to calculate the web stresses.
            Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design / American S...
            4
            The telescope-tube was a double cone, to prevent flexure.
            History of Astronomy
            5
            The main outcome was rate of detection of any advanced neoplasm proximal to the splenic flexure.
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            6
            A loop of thin thread only one-sixteenth of a grain in weight caused a temporary flexure.
            The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
            7
            Now he straightened with a movement that was analogous to the flexure of a coiled spring.
            The Spinners' Book of Fiction
            8
            The proximal transverse colon, hepatic flexure, and ascending colon are mobilized by taking down lateral attachments.
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            9
            A trace of flexure was, however, still visible.
            Insectivorous Plants
            10
            If these shift when the points of support of the lens are shifted, flexure may be suspected.
            On Laboratory Arts
            11
            The Echo Cliffs displacement is a flexure.
            Canyons of the Colorado
            12
            Such a single flexure is a MONOCLINE.
            The Elements of Geology
            13
            Then the rivets were cut out similarly at the other point of contrary flexure and the joint opened.
            Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bréquigny, Louis George...
            14
            The serous membranes were all callous and thickened, and the canal of the sigmoid flexure was totally obliterated.
            Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
            15
            When standing, the patient had a peculiar bowed condition of the legs, with marked flexure at the knees.
            Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
            16
            Mutations were correlated with the site of tumor origin (proximal or distal to the splenic flexure).
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            Flexure through the time