flexion

/flexion/

Thân thiện

The gymnast demonstrates excellent flexion in her knee during the stretch.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of bending a joint: Specifically, the movement that decreases the angle between two body parts, particularly at a joint in a limb.
   • A deviation from a straight or normal course: A bending or curving away from a linear path.
   • The state of being flexed: The condition of a joint that is in a bent position.
   • (Linguistics) Inflection: The modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, case, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and mood.
   • (Mathematics) Curvature: The rate of change of direction of a curve; the degree of bending of a line or surface.

Examples of Usage

• Anatomy:
  • The flexion of the elbow brings the hand closer to the shoulder.
  • After the injury, he experienced pain during knee flexion.
• General Use:
  • The flexion of the metal rod occurred under extreme pressure.
• Linguistics:
  • In Latin, nouns exhibit flexion through case endings.
• Mathematics:
  • The engineer calculated the flexion of the beam under load.

Advanced Usage

• "Plantar flexion": The movement that points the foot and toes downward, away from the shin.
  • Pointing your toes in ballet requires strong plantar flexion.
• "Dorsiflexion": The movement that bends the foot upward, decreasing the angle between the foot and the leg.
  • Dorsiflexion is important for a normal walking gait.

Variants and Related Words

• Flex (verb): To bend a joint or to contract a muscle.
  • He flexed his arm to show his muscle.
• Flexor (noun): A muscle that serves to bend a joint.
  • The biceps brachii is a flexor of the elbow.
• Flexible (adjective): Capable of bending easily without breaking; adaptable.
  • The gymnast is very flexible.
• Inflexion (noun): A chiefly British English spelling variant of 'inflection', sharing the linguistic meaning of 'flexion'.

Synonyms

• Bending: The action of curving or flexing.
• Curvature: The property of being curved (mathematical/general).
• Inflection: (Specifically for linguistics) The grammatical modification of words.

Related Phrases

• Angle of flexion: The degree to which a joint is bent.
  • The physical therapist measured the angle of flexion in her wrist.
• Range of flexion: The full extent to which a joint can be bent.
  • The surgery improved the range of flexion in his ankle.

Related Idioms

• To flex one's muscles: To show off one's strength or power.
  • The company is flexing its muscles in the new market. (This idiom uses the verb 'flex', from which 'flexion' is derived.)

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flexure
• inflection
• flection