FLEXION


Meaning of FLEXION in English

n. (US flection)

1. a the act of bending or the condition of being bent, esp. of a limb or joint. b a bent part; a curve.

2 Gram. inflection.

3 Math. FLEXURE.

Derivatives:

flexional adj. (in sense 2). flexionless adj. (in sense 2).

Etymology: L flexio (as FLEX(1))

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.