deflexure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.
Noun[edit]
deflexure (plural deflexures)
- A bending or turning aside; deflection.
- 1674, Thomaus Blount, Glossographia:
- Deflexure (deflexura) bowing or bending
References[edit]
- “deflexure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
dēflexūre