flexure

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
2. (countable, uncountable) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
3. (countable, uncountable) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
4. (countable, uncountable) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
5. (countable, uncountable) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Verb

To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.

Conceptes

doblec

replec

séc

Sinònims

bend

flexion

fold

flection

bending

curvature

crook

buckling

crookedness

curve

crease

crimp

plication

leavenbent

rate of curve

fermented preparation

abatement

plications

angularity

bent

camber

contortion

crooked

curving

flex

obliquity

sag

twist

yeast

circumflexion

Traduccions

pli

eğrilik

piega

bükülme

Biegung

katlanma

dirsek

flessura

Biegen

κάμψη

-n

Flexur

πτυχή

طوْية

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin flexura.