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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flexion n : the act of bending something [syn: {bend}, {bending}, {flex}, {flection}, {inflection}]
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