Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bend or bending.
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- noun astronomy, geology A low,
curvilinear ridge with ascalloped pattern.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Interim histrionicis quibusdam gestibus totum corpus agitatur, torquentur labia, rotant, ludunt humeri; et ad singulas quasque notas digitorum flexus respondet.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Type - ō, - ĕre, - sī, - sus. fīgō fīgere fīxī fīxus _fasten_ mergō mergere mersī mersus _sink_ spargō spargere sparsī sparsus _scatter_ flectō flectere flexī flexus _bend_ nectō nectere nexuī nexus _twine_
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Dein, copia facta, [578] animus barbari ab amicis flexus, quos Jugurtha, cognita legatione Sullae et Manlii, metuens id, quod parabatur, donis corruperat.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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But, while treating over the lower limbs, the P.P. should be upon the hypogastric flexus, at the "small of the back."
A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication Daniel Clark
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The addition of a lower note to a group ending with a higher note was indicated by the adjective flexus, the addition of a higher note to a group ending with a lower note, by resupinus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Thus even the clivis (more correctly clinis) was at an early period called virga flexa, and the torculus could be considered as a pes flexus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The sign 10765b11. gif would be a porrectus flexus, the 10765b12. gif a torculus resupinus, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Digna deae sedes, nitidis nec sordet ab astris. hic Libycus Phrygiusque silex, hic dura Laconum saxa uirent; hic flexus onyx et concolor alto uena mari, rupesque nitent quis purpura saepe150
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On dissection it is found, especially in hallux flexus, that the inferior portions of the collateral ligaments are contracted, and that the cartilage of that part of the head of the metatarsal which is exposed on the dorsum is converted into fibrous tissue; there may also be other changes characteristic of arthritis deformans.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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As the disease progresses, the toe is drawn towards the sole and becomes permanently flexed -- _hallux flexus_ -- and any attempt at dorsiflexion is attended with pain.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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