flexure

Noun

countable uncountable

The act of bending or flexing; flexion. / A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. / (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ. / (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

Japanese Meaning

曲げる行為、つまり屈曲 / 曲がり、折れ曲がった部分 / (解剖学) 管状器官の曲がった部分 / (動物学) 鳥の翼の末端の関節部分としての曲がり

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The engineer studied the beam's flexure under variable loads to predict failure.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

技術者は、破壊を予測するために可変荷重下で梁の屈曲を調べた。

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Sense（1）

The act of bending or flexing; flexion.

Sense（2）

A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.

varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered

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Sense（3）

(anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.

The Stomach [of a weasel] about three inches long; proportionably, more than a Dogs. An inch in Diametre at the upper Orifice; and the nether, ¼; having a flexure towards its Conjunction with the Guts: ſhaped like to the body of a pair of Bag-Pipes.

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Sense（4）

(zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

Sense（5）

(astronomy) 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.

flexures

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