Flexion vs. Extension — What's the Difference?

The act of bending a joint or limb in the body by the action of flexors.

The act of extending or the condition of being extended

The resulting condition of being bent.

The amount, degree, or range to which something extends or can extend

A part that is bent.

The act of straightening or extending a limb.

The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.

The position assumed by an extended limb.

The state of being bent or flexed.

A length of human or synthetic hair attached to the scalp or to strands of hair close to the scalp to add volume, length, or color.

Deviation from straightness.

(Medicine) The application of traction to a fractured or dislocated limb to restore the normal position.

The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

An addition that increases the area, influence, operation, or contents of something

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

An additional telephone connected to a main line.

A bending; a part bent; a fold.

An allowance of extra time, as for the repayment of a debt.

Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.

The period of this extra time

The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; - distinguished from extension.

The property of an object by which it occupies space.

The state of being flexed (as of a joint)

A program in a university, college, or school offering academic instruction to nontraditional students, such as working adults, who cannot attend classes at the usual place and time.

Deviation from a straight or normal course

A publicly funded program offering such instruction along with information on agriculture, home economics, and business.

Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

(Computers) A set of characters that follow a filename and are separated from it by a period, used to identify the kind of file

(Logic) The class of objects designated by a specific term or concept; denotation.

(Mathematics) A set that includes a given and similar set as a subset.

The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase

The state of being extended

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")

A part of a building that has been extended from the original

(semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.

Semantic widening, broadening of meaning

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

(medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

(weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.

(fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.

(telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.

(computing) A file extension.

(computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.

(logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.

(grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.

(education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; - correlative of intension.

The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt;

Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available;

The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students

Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename;

The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;

The ability to raise the working leg high in the air;

Amount or degree or range to which something extends;

An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

An addition to the length of something

An addition that extends a main building