flexion vs flexure what difference
what is difference between flexion and flexure
English
Etymology
From Latin flexiō.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈflɛk.ʃən/
Noun
flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
- (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin flexiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛk.sjɔ̃/
Noun
flexion f (plural flexions)
- (grammar) inflection
Further reading
- “flexion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
English
Etymology
From Latin flexura.
Noun
flexure (countable and uncountable, plural flexures)
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- British Quarterly Review
- varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered
- British Quarterly Review
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- (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.
Related terms
- flex
- flexural
- flexion
Translations
References
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000).
Latin
Participle
flexūre
- vocative masculine singular of flexūrus
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