different between fluxure vs flexure

English

Etymology

From Latin fluxura (“a flowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?k???(?)/, /?fl?k??(?)/

Noun

fluxure

1. (obsolete) The quality of being fluid; fluidity.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fielding to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) Fluid matter.
   • 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 27 p. 136[1]:

     Call'd Barnacles by us, which like a Jelly first

     To the beholder seeme, then by the fluxure nurst.

Latin

Participle

fl?x?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fl?x?rus

English

Etymology

From Latin flexura.

Noun

flexure (countable and uncountable, plural flexures)

1. The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
   • British Quarterly Review

     varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered

3. (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
4. (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
5. (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

Related terms

• flex
• flexural
• flexion

Translations

References

• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000).

Latin

Participle

flex?re

1. vocative masculine singular of flex?rus