English Explanatory Dictionary

flextension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of transducer that uses flexible, elastic shells to transmit and amplify displacements.
  2. A variable-length extension to a tool or device.
  3. The extension of a deadline that allows a flexible final date (originally used to refer to Brexit, but subsequently extended to other contexts).
  4. A position in which the lower neck is flexed and upper neck extended.

Word forms

flextension flextensions

Etymology

Blend of flex + extension

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