flexion
English
Noun
flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
- (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Related terms
- anteflexion
- circumflexion
- deflexion
- demiflexion
- dorsiflexion
- genuflexion
- hyperflexion
- inflexion →
- plane inflexion
- point of inflexion
- introflexion
- lateriflexion
- lateroflexion
- overflexion
- postflexion
- preflexion
- reflexion
- retroflexion
- semiflexion
- superflexion
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛk.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
References
- “flexion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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