FLEXION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

2.
n.

A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.

3.
n.

Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.

4.
n.

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.


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