deflexure

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.

Noun

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deflexure (plural deflexures)

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

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Latin

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Participle

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dēflexūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēflexūrus