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. The state of being bent or flexed.
3. Deviation from straightness.
4. (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

Translations

The state of being bent

• Bulgarian: прегъване (bg) n (pregǎvane)

Deviation from straightness

• Bulgarian: извивка (bg) f (izvivka)

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French

Etymology

From Latin flexiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

flexion f (plural flexions)

1. (grammar) inflection

Further reading

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