flection

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

flection
    n 1: the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: {flexure},
         {flection}, {flexion}]
    2: deviation from a straight or normal course [syn:
       {inflection}, {flection}, {flexion}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flection \Flec"tion\, n. [See {Flexion}.]
   1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or
      conjugation; inflection.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "flection":
      S-curve, angle, angularity, angularness, bend, bending, bow,
      bowing, conflexure, crease, creasing, crimp, crookedness,
      deflection, deflexure, diffraction, diffusion, dispersion,
      distortion, dog-ear, double, doubling, duplicature, flex, flexure,
      flounce, fold, frill, gather, geanticline, geosyncline,
      hairpin turn, hookedness, inflection, lapel, lappet, meander,
      orthogonality, oxbow, plica, plication, plicature, ply,
      rectangularity, reflection, refraction, right-angledness,
      right-angularity, ruche, ruching, ruffle, scatter, skewness, sweep,
      torsion, tuck, turn, turning