flexure
A bending motion
Flexure is the act of bending or the state of being bent.
The term appears most often in technical contexts—anatomy, geology, engineering—where precise description of curves matters: the flexure of the spine, a flexure in the rock strata.
A flexure is also the bent part itself, the curve or fold where bending occurs.
Change in shape
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- loadCarried weight or burden
- beamStructural support member
stiffness · modulus · fatigue · yield · rigidity · buckling · cantilever · moment
Shared by multiple parties
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- articulationClear vocal expression
- discFlat circular object
- kneeLeg's middle hinge
elbow · wrist · ankle · hip · shoulder · spine · colon · cranial
Ability to adapt easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
malleability · resilience · springiness · plasticity · compliance · tensile · stretch · give
curve
Smooth, angleless line
fold · crook · angle · turn · curvature · kink · contortion · twist · warp · crease
deformation
Change in shape
beam · stiffness · modulus · fatigue · yield · rigidity · buckling · cantilever · moment · structural
joint
Shared by multiple parties
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- articulationClear vocal expression
- discFlat circular object
knee · elbow · wrist · ankle · hip · shoulder · spine · colon · cranial · splenic
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
ductility · malleability · resilience · springiness · plasticity · compliance · tensile · stretch · give · bendability
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- deformationbending, buckling, cracking, crushing, elongation
- material mechanicsstress-strain, tensile strength, elasticity, strain, ductility
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- foldsfolds, fold, pleats, pleat, creases
- elasticityelasticity, strain, stiffness, stress-strain, elastic energy
flexurestraightness
Absence of curvature
linearity · straight line · extension · unbent · straight
flexurerigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · extension · inflexibility · unbending · straightening
reflect, flexible, reflects, flex, reflection, reflex, inflexible, reflected, deflect