1. plural of flection; acts of bending or curving
Usage: rare
2. plural of flection; changes in the form of words to express grammatical relationships
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The gymnast’s graceful flections impressed the judges.
• The dancer’s arm flections created beautiful shapes.
• Students studied the flections of Latin verbs.
• English has fewer flections than many other languages.
• The flections of the branch made it perfect for climbing.
• Grammatical flections help convey meaning in sentences.