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Flex vs Flexagon - What's the difference?

flex | flexagon |

As nouns the difference between flex and flexagon

is that flex is (uncountable) flexibility, pliancy while flexagon is (geometry) a flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.

As a verb flex

is to bend something.

flex

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
  • (countable) The act of flexing.
  • (uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  • (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To bend something.
  • To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  • To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  • (bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  • * 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
  • He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"

    flexagon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
  • Derived terms

    * hexaflexagon * hexahexaflexagon