Etymograph

English

flextension

Blend of flex + extension

A blend of flex + extension

Latin flecto ‘to bend’

Latin flexus

English flex

Latin extensiō

Old French estension

Middle English extensioun

English extension

Today it means

noun A type of transducer that uses flexible, elastic shells to transmit and amplify displacements.

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