| flexure [`flek·shǝr] EMBRYOLOGY A sharp bend of the anterior part of the primary axis of the vertebrate embryo. GEOLOGY 1. A broad, domed structure. 2. A fold. MECHANICS 1. The deformation of any beam subjected to a load. 2. Any deformation of an elastic body in which the points originally lying on any straight line are displaced to form a plane curve. VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY The last joint of a bird's wing. |