Definitions

flexure

[flek-sher] / ˈflɛk ʃər /

NOUN

angle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corner edge intersection slant twist

STRONG

V Y bend crook crotch cusp decline divergence dogleg elbow flare flection fork incline knee nook notch obliquity point turn turning

NOUN

bend

Synonyms

STRONG

angle arc bending bow corner crook curvature deflection deviation flection hook lean loop round sag shift tack tilt turn twist yaw zigzag

WEAK

curvation

Antonyms

STRONG

stagnation

WEAK

line

NOUN

bow

Synonyms

STRONG

angle arc arch bend curvature curve flection inclination round turn

WEAK

curvation nod

Antonyms

STRONG

line

WEAK

straighten

NOUN

curvature

Synonyms

STRONG

arc arch bend bow curve deflection incurvation round shape

WEAK

arching curving curvity

Antonyms

STRONG

line

NOUN

curve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arc arch contour loop trajectory

STRONG

ambit bend bight bow camber catenary chord circle circuit circumference compass concavity crook curlicue curvature ellipse festoon hairpin half-moon helix horseshoe hyperbola incurvation incurvature meniscus ogee parabola quirk round sinuosity sweep swerve turn vault whorl

WEAK

curvation rondure

Antonyms

WEAK

line

NOUN

fold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pleat

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait plica plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche

Antonyms

STRONG

line

NOUN

genuflection

Synonyms

STRONG

angle arc arch bend bending bob curtsy curvature curve flection inclination kowtow nod obeisance round salaam turn turning

WEAK

curvation

Antonyms

STRONG

line

NOUN

plica

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

plication

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

rimple

Synonyms

WEAK

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple dog's ear flection furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication plicature ply pucker ridge rivel ruche ruck ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

NOUN

ruck

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple double flection furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication ply pucker ridge ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

turn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angle change corner curve departure direction reversal round shift spin spiral swing trend twist wind

STRONG

about-face bend bias bow branch circle circuit circulation circumvolution cycle detour deviation drift flection fork gyration gyre heading hook pirouette pivot quirk retroversion reverse reversion roll rotation tack tendency turnabout turning twisting wheel whirl winding yaw

WEAK

changeabout right-about

Antonyms

WEAK

failure inability miss stagnation

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The flexure they ultimately designed is 1/100 the stiffness of muscle tissue itself.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

"The flexure is a skeleton that we designed to be very soft and flexible in one direction, and very stiff in all other directions," Raman says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

The team sees the flexure design as a new building block that can be combined with other flexures to build any configuration of artificial skeletons.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

Raman and her colleagues report the details of the new flexure design in a paper appearing in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

In general appearance they are “eel-like”: they are elongated in shape and adapted for swimming in eel fashion, i.e. the body is propelled forward by the backward passage along it of waves of lateral flexure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

flexure

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