flexure
/ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/noun, verb
flexure is a noun meaning “The act of bending or flexing; flexion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-X-U-R-E, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flexure is flexures.
What does flexure mean?
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1
To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flexure?
- /ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/
- /ˈflɛksjʊə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flexure.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flexure
- flexures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flexuring participle, present
- flexured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flexure?
Flexure appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).