deflexure

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English

Etymology

From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.

Noun

deflexure (plural deflexures)

  1. A bending or turning aside; deflection.
    • 1674, Thomaus Blount, Glossographia:
      Deflexure (deflexura) bowing or bending

References

Latin

Participle

dēflexūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēflexūrus