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flex
  چفتیدن، چفتن   
caftidan, caftan

Fr.:   

1) To bend or be bent.
2) Of a material, to be capable of warping or bending and then reverting to shape (OxfordDictionaries.com).

Probably a back-formation from → flexible, from L. flexus, p.p. of flectere "to bend, turn."

Caftidan, caftan "to bend, incline," cafté "curved, bent," of unknown origin.

flexibility
  چفتش‌پذیری   
caftešpaziri

Fr.: flexibilité   

1) The quality of bending easily without breaking.
2) The ability to be easily modified.

flexible; → -ity.

flexible
  چفتش‌پذیر   
caftešpazir

Fr.: flexible   

Capable of being bent easily without breaking.

flex + -ible, variant of → -able.

flexion
  چفتش   
cafteš

Fr.:   

1) The act of bending, the state of being bent.
2) The position that a limb assumes when it is bent.

flex; → -tion.

flexure
  چفتگی   
caftegi

Fr.: flexion   

The action of bending or curving, or the condition of being bent or curved.

flex + suffix -ure.

instrumental flexure
  چفتگی ِ سازال   
caftegi-ye sâzâl

Fr.: flexion d'instrument   

An image defect caused by the mechanical flexure of materials; for example the curved-shape image of a long slit in a spectrograph.

instrumental; → flexure.