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Word of the Day - flexure

Don't break the rules of English. But maybe bend them a little.

flexure

/ˈflɛkʃə/
noun
mass noun Anatomy Geology
technical
1 The action of bending or curving, or the condition of being bent or curved.
1.1 count noun A bent or curved part.

Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin flexura, from flectere ‘to bend’.

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The mountain range displayed a strange flexure
As if the bedrock below had very odd texture.
The view from overhead like an oxbow
As if it were a river down below.

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