contraflexure

noun

con·​tra·​flexure

¦kän‧trə+

: a bending in opposite directions like the curve of an ogee

also : the point where this occurs : a point of contrary flexure or inflexion that in a fixed beam is a point of zero bending moment

Word History

Etymology

contra- + flexure

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