[syn: inflection, flection, flexion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flection \Flec"tion\, n. [See Flexion.]
1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.
[1913 Webster]
2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or
conjugation; inflection.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flection
n 1: the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure,
flection, flexion]
2: deviation from a straight or normal course [syn:
inflection, flection, flexion]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "flection":
S-curve, angle, angularity, angularness, bend, bending, bow,
bowing, conflexure, crease, creasing, crimp, crookedness,
deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion,
distortion, dog-ear, double, doubling, duplicature, flex, flexure,
flounce, fold, frill, gather, geanticline, geosyncline,
hairpin turn, hookedness, inflection, lapel, lappet, meander,
orthogonality, oxbow, plica, plication, plicature, ply,
rectangularity, reflection, refraction, right-angledness,
right-angularity, ruche, ruching, ruffle, scatter, skewness, sweep,
torsion, tuck, turn, turning