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Look up: FLEX

  1. Flex
    (software, hardware) A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and microprogrammable, with an operating system, (modular) compiler, editor, garbage collector and filing system all written in Alg...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Flex

  2. FLEX
    (language) 1. Faster LEX. 2. A real-time language for dynamic environments. ['FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs', K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991]. 3. An early object-oriented language developed for the FLEX machine by Alan Kay in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simpl...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/FLEX

  3. flex
    A means of automatically suppressing small details, such as cupped serifs, that would print poorly at small sizes. At large sizes or high resolutions, the details are automatically reinstated. Applies only to Type 1 fonts.
    Found on http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/g

  4. flex
    [n] - the act of flexing 2. [v] - contract
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Flex
    Bend or decrease angle of a joint; contract a muscle.
    Found on http://www.netfit.co.uk/glossary/fitness

  6. Flex
    Used to describe an action that bends a limb or part of the body. For example, the action of bending the elbow so that the lower arm comes closer to the upper arm.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20560

  7. Flex
    Another term for deflection of rolls or cylinders in press. Also, bending qualities or characteristics of any material, including printing substrates.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  8. flex
    a measure of a ski`s stiffness. Flex pattern refers to the way ski`s stiffness is distributed over the length of the ski, stiffer at the tail, more flexible in front. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Flex
    Bend or decrease angle of a joint; contract a muscle.
    Found on http://fitandhealthysolutions.com/termin

  10. Flex
    Flex transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flexed ; present participle & verbal noun Flexing .] [ Latin flexus , past participle of flectere to bend, perhaps flec...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/42

  11. Flex
    Flex noun Flax. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/42

  12. flex
    To bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts which it connects. ... Origin: L. Flecto, pp. Flexus, to bend ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. flex
    noun the act of flexing; `he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. flex
    verb exhibit the strength of; `The victorious army flexes its invincibility`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. flex
    verb cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; `bend the rod`; `twist the dough into a braid`; `the strong man could turn an iron bar`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. flex
    (fleks) to bend or put in a state of flexion.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  17. Flex
    • (v. t.) To bend; as, to flex the arm. • (n.) Flax.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. flex
    flex 1. To bend (something pliant or elastic), or to be able to be bent: 'The board flexes as you step on it.' 2. To bend something, especially a joint of the body. 3. To move or tense (flex) a muscle, or to become tense or contracted. 4. To bend (a joint) repeatedly. 5. To contract (a muscle, f...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  19. flex
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fleks Definitions: 1. To bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts that it connects.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  20. Flex
    Ability of a club's shaft to bend.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21264

  21. flex
    how much the ski bends
    Found on http://www.goodskiing.co.uk/essentials/s

  22. Flex
    Flex is used to talk about every area of a ski's flexion. The flex determines the character of the ski, its liveliness and aggressiveness. Flex lady skis are now available for women. They take into account morphological differences and the fact that women are generally lighter than men, with a different stance on skis to men.
    Found on http://ski-hire.sport2000.fr/skiing-holi

  23. flex
    The amount of bend or the degree of stiffness of the club shaft.
    Found on http://www.aviemoregolf.com/f.html

  24. flex
    Latin flexum = bent, hence, flexor, a muscle which bends a part of the body, and flexion = the act of flexing.
    Found on http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/

  25. Flex
    To bend the horse to the inside Also, to give in the poll and yield to rein contact
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor



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