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Meaning of "flection" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLECTION

From Latin flexiō a bending, from flectere to curve, bow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLECTION

flection  [ˈflɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flection in the English dictionary

The definition of flection in the dictionary is the act of bending or the state of being bent. Other definition of flection is something bent; bend.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLECTION


antireflection
ˌæntɪrɪˈflɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
complexion
kəmˈplɛkʃən
deflection
dɪˈflɛkʃən
deflexion
dɪˈflɛkʃən
dorsiflexion
ˌdɔːsɪˈflɛkʃən
election
ɪˈlɛkʃən
flexion
ˈflɛkʃən
genuflexion
ˌdʒɛnjʊˈflɛkʃən
inflection
ɪnˈflɛkʃən
irreflection
ɪrɪˈflɛkʃən
irreflexion
ɪrɪˈflɛkʃən
lection
ˈlɛkʃən
recollection
ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən
reflection
rɪˈflɛkʃən
reflexion
rɪˈflɛkʃən
retroflection
ˌrɛtrəʊˈflɛkʃən
retroflexion
ˌrɛtrəʊˈflɛkʃən
retroreflection
ˌrɛtrəʊrɪˈflɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLECTION

fleahopper
fleam
fleapit
fleasome
fleawort
fleck
flecked
Flecker
fleckless
flecky
flectional
flectionless
fled
fledge
fledged
fledgeling
fledgier
fledgiest
fledgling
fledgy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLECTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of flection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLECTION

Find out the translation of flection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

屈曲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reflexión
570 millions of speakers

English

flection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانحراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отраже-
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flection
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁকা অংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fléchissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fleksi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reflexion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

屈曲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변곡점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fleksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flection
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flection
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıvrım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flessione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zgięcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отраже-
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flection
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακλαστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flexie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Reflection
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Flection
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLECTION»

The term «flection» is regularly used and occupies the 55.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flection» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flection

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLECTION»

Discover the use of flection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flection
The relationship dissolves and the story follows the character as he tries to redefine himself in a foreign setting.
Sean Hickey, 2007
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Language Typology and Language Universals: An International ...
Connections between the parameters 4. Agglutination as a manifestation of greater morpheme autonomy 5. The diachronic dimension 6. Special abbreviations 7. References 1. Preliminaries The terms “agglutination” and “(in) flection”, taken in ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
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The Slovene Dialect of Egg and Potschach in the Gailtal, Austria
S. 5.1.5 Confutation classes The forms of the imperative, infinitive, supine and past participle can be derived from the flection of the present and the Z-participle. The latter two are sometimes mutually predictable, but often the flection of the ...
Tijmen Pronk, 2009
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Acts of the State of Ohio
298), amended 531 Section 1011, amended - 532 Section 1031, referred to 676 Section 1042 (am., 85 v. 236), amended 592 Section 1069, supplemented and referred to 576 Section 1070, supplemented 577 Referred to 576 flection 1076, ...
Ohio, 1891
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Proceedings
... 181 — vittigera, i, 181 Cossoncs pUilalea, i, 182 Costa Rica, Solpugida? from . . . .iii, 208 Cotalpa lanigera, Occurrence of. . . i, 171 Coues, Elliott, cited on the kingbird v, 134 — , Flection of ii, 128 — , Reference to ornithologie catalogue of v,  ...
Davenport (Iowa) Public Museum, 1889
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The Horseless Age
"On further consideration it will be seen that the acute transverse flection of the tread of an ordinary tire as it flattens on the road serves no good purpose, but on the contrary impairs the resiliency and durability of the tires. It is simply an inherent ...
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Introduction to the Science of Language
Archibald Henry Sayce. man, they become merely a relic and survival of barbarism. In fact, when we examine closely the principle upon which flection rests, we shall find that it implies an inferior logical faculty to that implied by agglutination.
Archibald Henry Sayce, 1880
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A Formal Approach to Spanish Syntax
applied, which distinguishes smaller, composite parts: prefixes, suffixes, flection morphemes. If such a distinction cannot be made, the category and the lexical unit are the same. This is the case with prepositions and conjunctions. Subdivision ...
Jos Hallebeek, 1992
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Optics After Newton: Theories of Light in Britain and ...
Herschel also paid considerable attention to flection. The previously mentioned undated list of problems and speculations concerning the powers of attraction and repulsion contains several on this subject; for example, 75 Probably the sines of ...
G. N. Cantor, 1983
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Historical Dialectology: Regional and Social
For the new nominative singular stems the choice of flection is left open. Nouns representing the reflexes of important Latin paradigms are in roman script. nom. nom. obl. obl. sing. plur. sing. plur. mura s — — s puoplc s — — s cane s s — s ...
Jacek Fisiak, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flection is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unravel secrets behind first NASA-approved Islamic prayer mat
Our research that led to the development of our mat is designed around specific rituals performed in the form of low friction, wide flection and ... «Al-Arabiya, Jun 15»
2
WHO to study meat for carcinogens
Our blood cholesterol is a re-flection of the amount of the type of fat that we eat and sugar that we eat.” ADVERTISMENT. Binnie estimated that ... «Western Producer, May 15»
3
A Modern Saint on Religion and Science
Be mindful of how some of the famous scientists of our current age established their beliefs after careful examination and great re flection, ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
4
Bloodhound Diary: 'Blink and you'll miss it'
The three cars are a great flection of the technology developments of the last 30 years. Thrust 2 was pretty much at the limit of "simple" jet car ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
5
PocketBook Shows Off Flexible E-Reader Prototype: CAD Reader Flex
The flection-resistant body is coated with polyurethane to prevent slipping. The CAD Reader Flex has two display modes, one for documents ... «DigitalVersus, Dec 14»
6
Martha Jefferson Monday: What is a Meniscus Tear?
“With age, and with trauma, especially heavy, deep, flection exercises, squatting for example, a twist, can cause a tear in the back of a meniscus.” If the tear is ... «NBC 29 News, Aug 14»
7
Alana Nehring cross trains for Get Fit Challenge
So we working that four way neck, deflection, extension and lateral flection both left and right. Then, we'll work into some dumbbell work, with ... «WZZM, Aug 14»
8
Women With Short Hair May Be More Successful, But I Don't Care
But whether or not the correlation implies more, or is just a coincidence (or perhaps merely a flection of how older women wear their hair in ... «Styleite, May 14»
9
Jets hope Pryor not a 'fine' choice
It's really his flection, his ability to uncoil and the thickness, in particular his lower body. So, we don't have a concern that way." Idzik scouted ... «ESPN, May 14»
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Sports' perfect 0.4 seconds
Now the wrist begins its flection. The ball lifts off the tip of his index finger, then off the tip of his middle finger. His palm falls, his fingers now ... «ESPN, Apr 14»

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