flexure

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

dobra

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

pli

eğrilik

piega

bükülme

Biegen

katlanma

dirsek

flessura

Biegung

doblec

Wölbung

Krümmung

Flexur

طوْية

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Latin flexura.