Usually means: Hinges allowing movement, typically mechanical.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. flexures: Merriam-Webster
  2. flexures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flexures: Vocabulary.com
  4. flexures: Wordnik
  5. flexures: Wiktionary
  6. flexures: Dictionary.com
  7. flexures: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flexures: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flexures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. flexures: Medical dictionary

(Note: See flexure as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flexure)

noun:  The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
noun:  A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
noun:  (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
noun:  (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
noun:  (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
noun:  (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.
verb:  To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
▸ Also see flexure


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