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noun
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being bent or flexed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Deviation from straightness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flexure
Antonyms: extension
Broader terms: bending
Narrower terms: flex, dorsiflexion
noun
deviation from a straight or normal course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inflection, flection
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Broader terms: deviation, divergence, departure, difference
noun
the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flexure, flection
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Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
History
Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion.
Across languages
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