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flexure
Overview of noun flexure
The noun flexure has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. flexure, flection, flexion -- (the state of being flexed (as of a joint))
2. fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend -- (an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow")
3. flexion, flexure -- (act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flexure
3 senses of flexure
Sense 1
flexure, flection, flexion
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
=> angular shape, angularity
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
flexion, flexure
=> bending
=> change of shape
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun flexure
2 of 3 senses of flexure
Sense 2
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
=> pleat, plait
=> kink, twist, twirl
=> pucker, ruck
Sense 3
flexion, flexure
=> flex
=> dorsiflexion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flexure
3 senses of flexure
Sense 1
flexure, flection, flexion
=> physiological state, physiological condition
Sense 2
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
=> angular shape, angularity
Sense 3
flexion, flexure
=> bending
Antonyms of noun flexure
Member Holonyms of noun flexure
Substance Holonyms of noun flexure
Part Holonyms of noun flexure
Member Meronyms of noun flexure
Substance Meronyms of noun flexure
Part Meronyms of noun flexure
Meronyms of noun flexure
Holonyms of noun flexure
Attributes of noun flexure
Derived Forms of noun flexure
3 senses of flexure
Sense 1
flexure, flection, flexion
RELATED TO>(verb) flex#4
=> flex, bend
Sense 2
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
RELATED TO>(verb) flex#3
=> bend, flex
Sense 3
flexion, flexure
RELATED TO>(verb) flex#4
=> flex, bend
RELATED TO>(verb) flex#3
=> bend, flex
Domain of noun flexure
Domain Terms of noun flexure
Familiarity of noun flexure
flexure used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun flexure
3 senses of flexure
Sense 1
flexure, flection, flexion
> physiological state, physiological condition
=> wakefulness
=> bloodiness
=> incompatibility
=> acathexia
=> angiotelectasia
=> torpor, torpidity
=> agalactia, agalactosis
=> anesthesia, anaesthesia
=> anhidrosis, anhydrosis
=> arousal
=> sleep, slumber
=> sleep, sopor
=> drive
=> elastosis
=> flatulence, flatulency, gas
=> flexure, flection, flexion
=> estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
=> anestrus, anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum
=> hypercapnia, hypercarbia
=> hypocapnia, acapnia
=> asphyxia
=> oxygen debt
=> hyperthermia, hyperthermy
=> normothermia
=> hypothermia
=> muscularity
=> myasthenia
=> sterility, infertility
=> false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
=> pregnancy, gestation, maternity
=> rigor mortis
=> vitalization, vitalisation
=> good health, healthiness
=> fertility, fecundity
=> potency, potence
=> cellularity
=> addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> suspended animation
=> cryptobiosis
=> dilatation, distension, distention
=> emmetropia
=> sedation
=> hyperpigmentation
=> hypopigmentation
=> amyxia
=> cold sweat
=> obstruction, blockage
=> poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication
=> analgesia
=> oligospermia
Sense 2
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
> angular shape, angularity
=> furcation, forking
=> jog
=> zigzag, zig, zag
=> fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
Sense 3
flexion, flexure
> bending
=> flexion, flexure
=> crouch
=> hunch
=> incurvation
Meronyms of noun flexure
3 senses of flexure
Holonyms of noun flexure
Grep of noun flexure
flexure
sigmoid flexure
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