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• Flexibility (engineering) — Flexibility is used as an attribute of various types of systems. In the field of engineering systems design, it refers to designs that can adapt when external changes occur. Flexibility has been defined differently in many fields of engineering,… …   Wikipedia

• Flexibility — is the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints and muscles that is attainable in a momentary effort with the help of a partner or a piece of equipment. It is a term for the ability to easily bend an object or the ability to… …   Wikipedia

• Flexibility (disambiguation) — Flexibility may refer to: *Flexibility, a general definition of the term. *Flexibility (anatomy), the range of motion of an anatomical joint, which may be increased by stretching *Flexibility (engineering), in the field of engineering systems… …   Wikipedia

• Flexibility — Flex i*bil i*ty, n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Flexibility (anatomy) — Flexibility refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints that is attainable in a momentary effort with the help of a partner or a piece of equipment. Flexibility in some joints can be increased to a certain degree by… …   Wikipedia

• flexibility — is the inverse of stiffness. When a force is applied to a structure, there is a displacement in the direction of the force; flexibility is the ratio of the displacement divided by the force. High flexibility means that a small load produces a… …   Mechanics glossary

• flexibility — flexibility. См. генетическая пластичность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• flexibility — index amenability, facility (easiness), informality, lenience Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• flexibility — 1610s, of physical things, from Fr. flexibilité or directly from L.L. flexibilitatem (nom. flexibilitas), from L. flexibilis (see FLEXIBLE (Cf. flexible)). Of immaterial things from 1783 …   Etymology dictionary

• flexibility — [n] elasticity, adaptability adjustability, affability, complaisance, compliance, docility, extensibility, flaccidity, flexibleness, give, limberness, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, springiness, suppleness, tensility,… …   New thesaurus

• flexibility — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ German workers accept the need for greater flexibility in the face of global competition. ▪ added, additional, extra, increased …   Collocations dictionary