[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flexure \flex"ure\ ?; 135, n. l. flexura.
   1. the act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving;
      flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
      1913 webster

            will it give place to flexure and low bending?
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
      1913 webster

            varying with the flexures of the valley through
            which it meandered.                   --british
                                                  quart. rev.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. the last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
      1913 webster

   4. astron. the small distortion of an astronomical
      instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount
      to be added or substracted from the observed readings of
      the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
      1913 webster

   the flexure of a curve math., the bending of a curve
      towards or from a straight line.
      1913 webster
see also:
the flexure of a curve 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

flexure
     n 1: the state of being flexed as of a joint syn: flection,
          flexion
     2: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
        napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
        blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
        syn: fold, crease, plication, crimp, bend
     3: act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones
        of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
        syn: flexion ant: extension
see also:
flection flexion fold crease plication crimp 
bend extension 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 moby thesaurus words for "flexure":
   s-curve, angle, angularity, angularness, bend, bending, bow,
   bowing, conflexure, crease, creasing, crimp, crookedness,
   deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion,
   distortion, dog-ear, double, doubling, duplicature, flection, flex,
   flounce, fold, frill, gather, geanticline, geosyncline,
   hairpin turn, hookedness, inflection, lapel, lappet, meander,
   orthogonality, oxbow, plica, plication, plicature, ply,
   rectangularity, reflection, refraction, right-angledness,
   right-angularity, ruche, ruching, ruffle, scatter, skewness, sweep,
   torsion, tuck, turn, turning

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