- to bend (an arm, knee, etc.)
- to tense (a muscle) by contraction
Origin of flex
from Classical Latin flexus, past participle of flectere, to bend, curve
A woman flexes her muscles.
- The definition of a flex is a British term for an electrical wire that is bendable and has insulation.
An example of a flex is a twisted pair.
- Flex is defined as to bend or tense a muscle or body part, or to show the strength of something.
- An example of flex is to bend the knee.
- An example of flex is to show off your memory; flex your memory skills.
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flex
Brit. flexible, insulated electric cord
Origin of flex
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flex
verb
flexed, flex·ing, flex·esverb
transitive- To bend (something pliant or elastic).
- a. To bend (a joint).b. To bend (a joint) repeatedly.
- a. To contract (a muscle, for example).b. To move by muscular control: “Sandy flexes his brow characteristically” ( Scott Turow )
- To exhibit or show off the strength of: “They had spent six years since the lightning Six Day War flexing their invincibility” ( Howard Kaplan )
verb
intransitiveTo bend: “His hands flexed nervously as he spoke” ( Mary McCarthy )
noun
- Chiefly British Flexible insulated electric cord.
- The act or an instance of flexing; a bending.
- Flexibility: a schedule with a lot of flex.
Origin of flex
Latin flectere flex- to bendflex-
prefix
Variant of flexi-
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural flexes)
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable) The act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed)
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flex - Computer Definition
A set of proprietary (Motorola) protocols for radio paging systems, FLEX largely has replaced POCSAG in the United States, and has become the de facto standard throughout most of the world, excepting Western Europe, where the ERMES standard is favored. FLEX solutions support duplex messaging and data transmission. FLEX supports as many as 5 billion addresses, with up to 600,000 supported per channel.The FLEX family of protocols includes the following:
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A development system for Flash-based applications from Adobe. Introduced in 2004 as a J2EE application, Flex compiles ActionScript programming code and XML-based user interface descriptions (MXML) into binary Flash files (.SWF files). It also includes a variety of user interface functions for creating rich client applications. See Adobe AIR, Flash, MXML and ActionScript.
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flex - Medical Definition
v.
- To bend.
- To contract a muscle.
- To move a joint so that the parts it connects approach each other.
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