Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of flexion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of bending.
- n. A bending; a part bent; a curve.
- n. A turn; a cast; a motion or glance.
- n. In grammar, the variation of the form of words, as by declension or conjugation. See inflection.
- n. In anatomy, that motion of a joint which brings the connected parts continually nearer together: specifically said of the action of any flexor muscle: opposed to extension.
- n. In geometry, same as flexure, 1.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of flexion.
- n. The state of being bent or flexed.
- n. Deviation from straightness.
- n. grammar, dated The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of bending, or state of being bent.
- n. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- n. deviation from a straight or normal course
Etymologies
- An alteration of flexion, from Latin. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But, due to lack of flection, even English will lose quickly when subtleties must be expressed.”
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“Economist with ABN AMRO, Colen Garrow, said it was a good re - flection on South Africa's credit standing that lenders were pre - pared to roll the bond over despite the crisis in the currency and bond markets.”
“He eyed with dissatisfaction his own re - flection in the highly polished pewter mug.”
“One shape, flying in the center, was larger than the rest, so large that it seemed the green tinge in the sky was a re - flection of the sunlight on the dragon's scales.”
“By the time they were finished, they could see the Milky Way scattered across the walls of the castle ahead of them, fierce points of re - flection that burned like fire in still water.”
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“Following the twinkling r flection of gravel and tire ruts, she ran a hundred yards and left the can in the middle of the road.”
“That i is the wrong hall," the voice had announced without in-i flection.”
“Gazing intently at his own re - flection, he thought his problem, aware, though he knew not how it was done, that his query or plea for aid regis - tered somewhere.”
“The two meanings illustrate the difference between contemplation and action, philosophical re - flection and practical conduct.”
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