Look up flexure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Flexure may refer to:
Flexure, a flexible element (or combination of elements) engineered to be compliant in specific degrees of freedom.
Bending, the behavior of a structural element subjected to a lateral load
Flexure bearing, a type of flexure designed to be compliant in a bending or rotation degree of freedom, providing functionality similar to a bearing or hinge
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