flexion
/ˈflɛk.ʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
- The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion.
- -(fr)→
- flexio(Latin)→
- flexion (English)
- Relations: bor, bor
Related words
Descendant words
- fleksio(Finnish) (cog)
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