flexure
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Is flexure a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.countableuncountable
2. (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.Examples: "The Stomach [of a weasel] about three inches long; proportionably, more than a Dogs. An inch in Diametre at the upper Orifice; and the nether, ¼; having a flexure towards its Conjunction with the Guts: ſhaped like to the body of a pair of Bag-Pipes."countableuncountable
3. (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.countableuncountable
4. (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary