A bend or fold in something; the action or condition of bending.
From Latin flexura (bending), ultimately from flectere (to bend). This is the most common English form, used across anatomy, geology, and general contexts.
When geologists see flexures in rock layers, they're reading Earth's autobiography—these bends show where tectonic forces were so powerful they bent solid stone like taffy!
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