Look up: flex

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   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.
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   flex
   [n] - the act of flexing 2. [v] - contract
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   Flex
   Bend or decrease angle of a joint; contract a muscle.
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   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.
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   Flex
   Another term for deflection of rolls or cylinders in press. Also, bending qualities or characteristics of any material, including printing substrates.
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   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 simplification of Simula and a predecessor of Smalltalk...
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   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 Algol-68. Flex was also re-implemented on the Perq(?...
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   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
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   Flex
   Bend or decrease angle of a joint; contract a muscle.
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    Flex
    Flex transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flexed ; present participle & verbal noun Flexing .] [ Latin flexus , past participle of flectere to bend, perhaps flectere and akin to falx sickle, English falchion . Confer Flinch .] To bend; as, to flex the arm.
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    Flex
    Flex noun Flax. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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    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) ...
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    flex
    noun the act of flexing; `he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies`
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    flex
    verb exhibit the strength of; `The victorious army flexes its invincibility`
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    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`
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    Flex
    `Flex` may refer to: `Computing` * FLEX (operating system), a single-tasking operating system was developed by Technical Systems Consultants for the Motorola 6800 and 6809 MPUs beginning in the 1970s * FLEX (protocol), a communication protocol developed by Motorola and used in many pagers * Flex lexical analyser, a free software alternative to Lex * Flex machine * Adobe Flex, a technology for developing rich internet applications initially rele...
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    flex
    (fleks) to bend or put in a state of flexion.
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    Flex
    • (v. t.) To bend; as, to flex the arm. • (n.) Flax.
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    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, for example); to move by muscular control. 6. To ...
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