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n. [ From L. deflectere, deflexum. See Deflect. ] A bending or turning aside; deflection. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flexuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending, turning. ] 1. Having turns, windings, or flexures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Flexure. ] Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flexura. ] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will it give place to flexure and low bending? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. British Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inflection; a bend or fold. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Plexus. ] The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together. H. Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ]