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Flection

noun
1.
The state of being flexed (as of a joint).  Synonyms: flexion, flexure.
2.
Deviation from a straight or normal course.  Synonyms: flexion, inflection.





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... influences. It is a property of conic sections that a straight line, centred in the apex, and caused to circumscribe the surface of the cone, will apply itself continuously to all consecutive parabolic curves. Hence curves similar to the flight of projectiles, and to those formed by the flection of elastic surfaces, may be described on a large scale simply by causing a straight line or beam to revolve as on the axis of a cone, in contact with a parabolic or elliptical section. Thus a consecutive series of convex parabolic or elliptical curves may be substituted in ship-building ...
— The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II • Thomas Lord Cochrane
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Words linked to "Flection" :   divergence, physiological state, flexion, deviation, physiological condition, difference, inflection, departure, physical condition


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