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flexibility

noun
/ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪti/US/ˈflɛksɪb(ɪ)lɪʈi/

Etymology

From French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“to bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity = flex + -ibility.

  1. derived from flectō
  2. derived from flexibilitās
  3. derived from flexibilité

Definitions

  1. The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

    • Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age.
    • Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.

  2. The quality of having options.

    • I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.

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Derived

flexicurity, heteroflexibility, homoflexibility, hyperflexibility, labour market flexibility, low temperature flexibility, neuroflexibility, semiflexibility, ultraflexibility, waxy flexibility

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flexibility. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flexibility. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at flexibility

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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