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Flection definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLEC'TION, n. [L. flectio.] The act of bending, or state of being bent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure, flection, flexion]
2: deviation from a straight or normal course [syn: inflection, flection, flexion]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of FLEXION.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flection Flec"tion, n. [See Flexion.] 1. The act of bending, or state of being bent. 2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Moby Thesaurus

S-curve, angle, angularity, angularness, bend, bending, bow, bowing, conflexure, crease, creasing, crimp, crookedness, deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion, distortion, dog-ear, double, doubling, duplicature, flex, flexure, flounce, fold, frill, gather, geanticline, geosyncline, hairpin turn, hookedness, inflection, lapel, lappet, meander, orthogonality, oxbow, plica, plication, plicature, ply, rectangularity, reflection, refraction, right-angledness, right-angularity, ruche, ruching, ruffle, scatter, skewness, sweep, torsion, tuck, turn, turning