flexion
flexion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.
- 2.(Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.
- 3.(Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arc
- arcade
- arch
- arched
- arcuation
- bay
- bend
- bending
- bough
- bought
- bow
- cardioid
- carve
- catenary
- caustic
- ceiling
- cocker
- cockle
- concameration
- conchoid
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crane
- crankle
- crease
- crescent
- crimple
- crinkle
- crook
- crumple
- curl
- curling
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- curvity
- deflection
- deflexion
- detour
- devexity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is flexion.
- What is syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton called?
- What is the bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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