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flexure

noun as in bow

noun as in curvature

noun as in genuflection

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Then the rivets were cut out similarly at the other point of contrary flexure and the joint opened.

In the siphon recorder script dots and dashes are represented by curves of opposite flexure.

I may here observe, that sometimes in the sexes a difference is also to be found in the direction or flexure of their antenn.

Beyond the mid-brain is placed the fore-brain, whose growth is rapidly rendering the cranial flexure imperceptible.

Great changes have been effected in the head, resulting in a diminution of the cranial flexure.

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On this page you'll find 415 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flexure, such as: corner, edge, intersection, slant, twist, and bend.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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