flexibility

Flex`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.] Defn: The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton. All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.

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