Sentence example with the word 'flexure'

flexure

S-curve, bending, creasing, diffraction, double, flounce, geosyncline, lappet, plication, refraction, ruffle, tuck

Definition n. the state of being flexed

Last update: August 2, 2015


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These three simple stresses may act together, producing compound stresses, as in flexure.   [Please select]

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The defect is most serious where wood is subjected to flexure, as in beams.   [Please select]

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The larger, long-tailed breeds, having horns with a double flexure, such as the Dorsets, merinos, &c.   [Please select]

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From the outward flexure of the rami of the lower jaw, the mouth internally is very broad, in the proportion of.   [Please select]

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In the case of long columns, that is, pieces in which the length is very great compared with their diameter, the failure is by sidewise bending or flexure, instead of by crushing or splitting.   [Please select]

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