flexion

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
noun deviation from a straight or normal course
noun act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex + -ion.

The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. — The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
When standing at ease the middle finger of hand is half-way between flexion of knee and hip-joint. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
Nor does this—its amazing strength, at all tend to cripple the graceful flexion of its motions; where infantileness of ease undulates through a Titanism of power. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville

flexure, flection

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