îndoire

Îndoire is a Romanian noun that denotes the action or result of bending, folding, or curving something. It can describe a deformation of a material under a bending moment, the formation of a crease or bend in objects such as metal, wood, fabric, or paper, and also the bending of a body part in anatomical or medical contexts. The term emphasizes the change from an originally straight or flat state to a bent or curved one.

The word is closely related to the verb a îndoi, meaning to bend, fold, or buckle. In technical and everyday usage, îndoire can refer to both the process of creating a bend and the characteristic bend itself. Depending on the field, it may be discussed in terms of angles, radii, thickness, or curvature.

In engineering and crafts, îndoire describes how components are shaped by bending commands or forces, such as bending a metal strip or shaping a pipe. In architecture or design, it can refer to deliberately curved profiles. In biology or medicine, it can denote flexion or bending of joints or limbs. In geometry and mathematics, an îndoire can be described as a curved line resulting from bending a straight segment.

See also: incovoiere, flexiune, curbură.