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contraflexure

noun
con·​tra·​flexure | \¦kän‧trə+\

Definition of contraflexure 

: 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

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contra- + flexure

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