flexion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flexion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flexion n the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure, flection, flexion] deviation from a straight or normal course Synonym(s): inflection, flection, flexion act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased Synonym(s): flexion, flexure Antonym(s): extension
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flexion \Flex"ion\, n. [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning. 2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. (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.