flexion
nounUK, US /ˈflɛk.ʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion.
1
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
2
The state of being bent or flexed.
3
Deviation from straightness.
4
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Dated The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
- Derived terms
- anteflexion, circumflexion, deflexion, demiflexion, dorsiflexion, flexional, flexionless, genuflexion, hyperflexion, inflexion, introflexion, lateriflexion, lateroflexion, overflexion, plantarflexion, postflexion, preflexion, reflexion, retroflexion, semiflexion, superflexion