flexibility : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flexibility	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flexibility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexibility n the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] Antonym(s): inflexibility, inflexibleness the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" Synonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness Antonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness the trait of being easily persuaded Synonym(s): tractability, tractableness, flexibility Antonym(s): intractability, intractableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flexibility \Flex`ibil"ity\, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. --Sir I. Newton. All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. --Macaulay.