deflexure

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noun

A bending or turning aside; deflection.

OriginLatin deflectere →
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Meanings

noundeflexure (plural deflexures)

plural deflexures

  1. A bending or turning aside; deflection.

    Deflexure (deflexura) bowing or bending

    1674, Thomaus Blount, Glossographia

Origin

  1. Latindeflectere
  2. Englishdeflexure

From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.

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Chicago

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