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Definition: Flexion |
FlexionNoun1. Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flexion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Flexion \Flex"ion\, noun. [Latin expression flexio: compare to the French expression flexion.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | In gynaecology, a displacement of the uterus in which the organ is bent so far forward or backward that an acute angle forms between the fundus and the cervix. (references) |
Medicine | Bending at a joint of part of the body or of a limb, the muscles which produce such a bending being called flexors, as contrasted with extensors. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | Terms generally used when a cylindrical or prismatic body is submitted to a system of forces perpendicular to its axis and balanced by the reaction of the supports or of the embedding. It is also used when a ring is submitted to forces tending to ovalize it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | S lowering of the body achieved by hinging at the ankles, knees and hips. The skis are unweighted during the -- and weighted at its conclusion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: extension (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Curvature | Curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion; inflection, inflexion; concameration; arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity, recurvation; sinuosity. |
Deviation | Noun: deviation; swerving; Verb: obliquation, warp, refraction; flection, flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure; declination. |
Fold | Noun: fold, plicature, plait, pleat,ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flexion |
| English words defined with "flexion": gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle ♦ musculus tibialis ♦ plantar reflex ♦ startle reaction, startle response ♦ tibialis, tibialis muscle ♦ Wrist clonus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flexion": cyphosis ♦ Femoral Neuropathy ♦ glass blowers'cramp ♦ Hallux Rigidus, hooked hands ♦ Median Neuropathy, Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive ♦ PANTALOONS, PHYSICAL-INTEGRATION PRACTITIONER, Piroplasmia, Plantar fascitis ♦ Radial Neuropathy ♦ toe reflexes. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "flexion": flection. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flexion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (flexion, flexure, inflection, inflexion), German (flexion, inflection, inflexion), Swedish (inflection). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Hell Spit Flexion (1983) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is characterized by a collection of symptoms that occur following damage to the neck, usually because of sudden extension and flexion. (references) | |
Foot deformities such as clubfoot, flexion (involuntary bending) of the toes, hammer toes, or foot inversion (turning inward) may be early signs. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Flexion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flexion" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flexion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fleksion (flection), përkulje (bend, Bob, bow, crouch, curtsey, curtsy, curvature, droop, flection, flex, flexure, incurvation, incurvature, inflection, reverence, sag, stoop, warp). (various references) | |
Arabic | لي (contortion, flection, mine, to me, torsion, twisting), إنثناء (flection, flexure, inflection, ruckle, sag), ثني (bend, flection, flex, pleat, pleating, turn up). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | склонение (declension, flection), флексия (flection, flexure, inflection, inflexion), прегъване (flection, inflection, inflexion), извивка (bend, convolution, crook, curve, flection, fold, incurvation, indentation, kink, return, sinuosity, sweep, tortuousity, twine, twist, wave, wind, winding). (various references) | |
Chinese | 弯曲 (Bended, Bending, Crooked, Crookedly, Curved, Curving, flexure, Incurvated, Incurvating, Incurve, incurved, Incurving, inflect, inflected, Inflecting). (various references) | |
Czech | ohnutí (flection, flex, incurvation). (various references) | |
Danish | fleksion (flection, inflection, inflexion). (various references) | |
Dutch | flexie (bending, flection). (various references) | |
Finnish | taivutus (bending). (various references) | |
French | flexion (flexure), courbure. (various references) | |
German | Krümmung (crook, curvature, bend, curve), Flexion (inflection, inflexion). (various references) | |
Greek | κάμψη (bending, flection). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כפיפה (binding, flection, subordination), כפוף (bent, bowed, bowing, crooked, flection, hunched up, inclined, reclinate, subject, subordinate, subordination, subservient), כפף (bending, bowing, flexure). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajlítás (inflection), hajlás (bend, ply, splay). (various references) | |
Italian | flessione (flexure, inflection, inflexion). (various references) | |
Manx | lhoob (bend, coil, convolution, curve, gulf, hank, hoop, link, rabbit snare, shackle, snare, staple clasp, stitch, twirl). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exionflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flexão (bend, form, pushup, twist). (various references) | |
Romanian | flexiune (flection, inflexion), curburã (bend, bent, buckle, camber, crack, crook, curvature, curve, flexure, sweep), curbare (curvature, inflexion). (various references) | |
Russian | сгибание (flection, incurvation, incurvature, inflection, inflexion), сгиб (crook, fold), флексия (inflection, inflexion), кривизна (curvature). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fleksija (accidence, flection, inflection), savijanje (incurvation, inflexion, offset). (various references) | |
Spanish | flexión (flection). (various references) | |
Swedish | böjning (bending, deflection, flexure). (various references) | |
Turkish | kıvrım (bend, convolution, crease, Crimp, curve, flection, fold, frizz, hook, meander, plait, plat, sinuosity, sweep, twine, twirl, twist, undulation, volute), esneme (bending, flection, gape, oscitation, spring, stretch, yawn, yawning, yield), dirsek (ancon, angle, bend, bracket, cubitus, elbow, offset, olecranon), bükülme (contortion, distorsion, flection, Rick, torsion, twist, wrench, wrick), çekim (attraction, conjugation, declension, draw, filming, flection, flexional, force of gravity, gravitation, gravitational, gravity, inflection, inflexion, pull, shoot, shooting, shot). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кривизна (anfractuosity, bending, bent, bulging, camber, curvature, curve, flection, hogging), згин (bending, bight, buckle, crease, flection, fold, ply, wimple, wind, winding, wriggle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flexion": flexions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flexion": inflexion, reflexion, retroflexion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flexion": inflexions, reflexions, retroflexions. (additional references) | |
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"Flexion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feion, felion, Flavien, flaxon, flexie, flexio, Flexipop, Flexton, floxin, lexion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flexion" (pronounced fle"kshun) |
| 7 | f l e" k sh u n | inflection, reflection. |
| 6 | -l e" k sh u n | collection, election, predilection, preelection, recollection, reelection, selection. |
| 5 | -e" k sh u n | advection, affection, circumspection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, defection, detection, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, ejection, erection, imperfection, infection, injection, inspection, insurrection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, objection, overprotection, perfection, projection, protection, redirection, reinspection, rejection, resurrection, section. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | faction, fiction, abstraction, abduction, action, addiction, affliction, attraction, auction, benediction, compunction, concoction, conduction, conjunction, constriction, construction, contraction, contradiction, conviction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, depiction, dereliction, destruction, diction, diffraction, dissatisfaction, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, eviction, exaction, extinction, extraction, fraction, friction, function, inaction, induction, infarction, infliction, infraction, injunction, instruction, interaction, interdiction, introduction, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, obstruction, overproduction, overreaction, prediction, production, reaction, reconstruction, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction, restriction, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, seduction, subsection, subtraction, suction, traction, transaction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-n-o-x" | |
-1 letter: olefin. | |
-2 letters: elfin, eloin, felon, olein. | |
-3 letters: enol, exon, file, filo, fine, fino, flex, floe, foil, foin, ilex, info, leno, lief, lien, life, line, lino, lion, loin, lone, neif, nixe, noel, noil, oxen. | |
-4 letters: elf, eon, fen, fie, fil, fin, fix, foe, fon, fox, ion, lei, lex, lie, lin, lox, nil, nix, oil, ole. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-n-o-x" | |
+1 letter: flexions. | |
+2 letters: effluxion, inflexion, reflexion. | |
+3 letters: effluxions, fluoxetine, inflexions, reflexions. | |
+4 letters: exfoliating, exfoliation, fluoxetines. | |
+5 letters: exfoliations, retroflexion. | |
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