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flec⋅tion

  [flek-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of bending.
2. the state of being bent.
3. a bend; bent part.
4. Anatomy. flexion.
5. Grammar. inflection (def. 2).
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Also, especially British, flexion (for defs. 1–3).

Origin:
< L flexiōn- (s. of flexiō) a bending, turning, change. See flex, -ion

Related forms:
flec⋅tion⋅al, adjective
flec⋅tion⋅less, adjective

in⋅flec⋅tion

  [in-flek-shuhn]
–noun
1. modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
2. Also, flection. Grammar.
a. the process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
b. the paradigm of a word.
c. a single pattern of formation of a paradigm: noun inflection; verb inflection.
d. the change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated.
e. the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
f. the systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard (contrasted with derivation ).
3. a bend or angle.
4. Mathematics. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.
Also, especially British, inflexion.

Origin:
1525–35; var. sp. of inflexion < L inflexiōn- (s. of inflexiō) a bending. See inflect, -ion

Related forms:
in⋅flec⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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flec·tion   (flěk'shən)   
n.  Variant of flexion.
flec'tion·al adj.
flex·ion   (flěk'shən)   
n.  

  1. also flec·tion Anatomy

    1. The act of bending a joint or limb in the body by the action of flexors.

    2. The resulting condition of being bent.

  2. A part that is bent.


[Latin flexiō, flexiōn-, a bending, from flexus, past participle of flectere, to bend.]
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Cultural Dictionary

inflection

A change in the form of a word to reflect different grammatical functions of the word in a sentence. English has lost most of its inflections. Those that remain are chiefly possessive ('s), as in “the boy's hat”; plural (-s), as in “the three girls”; and past tense (-d or -ed), as in cared. Other inflections are found in pronouns — as in he, him, his — and in irregular words such as think/thought, child/children, and mouse/mice.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: flection
variant of FLEXION

Main Entry: in·flec·tion
Variant: or chiefly British in·flex·ion /in-'flek-sh&n/
Function: noun
: the actor result of curving or bending
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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inflection in·flec·tion (ĭn-flěk'shən)
n.
An inward bending.

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