flexure

Meanings

1. The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
3. A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
4. A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
5. The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
6. 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.

1. To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.

Etymology

From Latin flexura. By surface analysis, flex + -ure