flexion

See also: Flexion and flexión

English

Etymology

From Latin flexiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛk.ʃən/

Noun

flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)

1. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of extension.
2. Alternative spelling of flection

Related terms

• anteflexion
• circumflexion
• deflexion
• demiflexion
• dorsiflexion
• genuflexion

• hyperflexion
• inflexion →
  • plane inflexion
  • point of inflexion
• introflexion
• lateriflexion

• lateroflexion
• overflexion
• reflexion
• retroflexion
• semiflexion
• superflexion

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French

Etymology

From Latin flexiō.

Noun

flexion f (plural flexions)

1. (grammar) inflection

Further reading

• “flexion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).