Dictionary Entry
flexure
flexure is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
- 2noun
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- 3noun
The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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- 6noun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
"a fold in the napkin"
"a crease in his trousers"
- 7noun
the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
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