Meaning of FLEXION
| Pronunciation: | | 'flekshun
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- [n] act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- [n] deviation from a straight or normal course
- [n] the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
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| | Synonyms: | | flection, flection, flexure, flexure, inflection |
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| | Antonyms: | | extension | | |
| | See Also: | | bending, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, dorsiflexion, flex, physiological condition, physiological state | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flex"ion\, n. [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.]
1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. --Bacon.
3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by
declension or conjugation; inflection.
Express the syntactical relations by flexion. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
4. (Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of
a joint which gives the distal member a continually
decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; --
distinguished from extension.
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