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Flect/Flex/Frail...
Flect/Flex= bend; Frail/Fract= break, shatter
Term | Definition |
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circumflex | to bend around or curve |
deflect | to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve |
flexible | capable of bending without breaking |
flexor | a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg |
inflection | the bending of a person's voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one's voice go up and down |
inflexible | not capable of being bent without breaking |
reflect | to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back |
reflection | the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back |
reflex angle | an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line |
retroflex | bent or turned backward |
fractals | the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of a design |
fraction | a part of a whole; a broken piece of something that is no longer whole |
fracture | a break in a part of the body |
fragile | so delicate that it could break easily; easily damaged |
fragment | an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence |
fragmented | describes something that is broken into pieces |
frail | being easily broken or destroyed |
infraction | a broken rule; a violation |
refract | to bend light so that it looks like it is broken |
suffrage | to break into an issue; to vote |