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verb (used with object)
1.
to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
2.
to tighten (a muscle) by contraction.
verb (used without object)
3.
to bend.
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noun
4.
the act of flexing.
5.
British.
a.
any flexible, insulated electric cord; an electric cord or extension cord.
b.
Slang. an elastic band, as a garter.
6.
Mathematics. an inflection point.
Origin:
1515–25; (adj.) < Latin flexus, past participle of flectere to bend, turn; (noun) < Latin flexus act of bending, equivalent to flect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action
1515–25; (adj.) < Latin flexus, past participle of flectere to bend, turn; (noun) < Latin flexus act of bending, equivalent to flect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
flex
1520s, probably a back formation from flexibility. Related: Flexed; flexing.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
flex (flěks)
v. flexed, flex·ing, flex·es
To bend.
To contract a muscle.
To move a joint so that the parts it connects approach each other.
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
FLEX definition
language1. Faster LEX.
2. A real-time language for dynamic environments.
["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991].
3. An early object-oriented language developed for the FLEX machine by Alan Kay in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simplification of Simula and a predecessor of Smalltalk.
(1995-03-29)
Flex definition
software, hardwareA system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and microprogrammable, with an operating system, (modular) compiler, editor, garbage collector and filing system all written in Algol-68. Flex was also re-implemented on the Perq(?).
[I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report, RSRE, Number 81009, 1981].
[I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982].
(1997-11-17)
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