flexion

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈflɛk.ʃən/(UK)

Definition of flexion

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being bent or flexed.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Deviation from straightness.
  4. (countable, dated, uncountable)The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion.

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1 extension · 1 back

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