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.
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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Flex
is always a great word to know.
So is independent variable. Does it mean:
| a number or quantity placed before and multiplying another quantity, such as 3 in the expression 3x |
| a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, such as x in the relation y = 3x |
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World English Dictionary
flex (flɛks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) US and Canadian name: cord a flexible insulated electric cable, used esp to connect appliances to mains |
| 2. | informal flexibility or pliability |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to bend or be bent: he flexed his arm; his arm flexed |
| 4. | to contract (a muscle) or (of a muscle) to contract |
| 5. | (intr) to work according to flexitime |
| 6. | to test or display (one's authority or strength) |
| [C16: from Latin flexus bent, winding, from flectere to bend, bow] | |
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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)
Example sentences
But in the same time perhaps you stay on board of a car flex that use alcohol and gasoline in any that be proportion.
But the landfill cover must be able to flex as the garbage beneath it decays and shifts in its bed.
As they do they will flex their muscles and drive for transparency and the rule of law.
Exchange rates constantly flex to offset inflation and keep living standards in perspective.
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