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