flextension

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

The dominant concept in high strain actuators is the flextension mechanism.

When the cover plate height decreases, the motion of cover plate is from rotation-dominated to flextension-dominated.

A variable-length extension to a tool or device.

The catalog shows use of units as screw-in and “flextension" types, on single socket or cluster torpedo canopy units, with “add-a-pipe" and curved arms and as portable units.

Also included in the set are: a ratchet wrench, adaptor and spinner, nut spinner, plastic grip handle, universal joint, three extensions, a flextension, and a 3/4 in. tip short screwdriver.

The extension of a deadline that allows a flexible final date (originally used to refer to Brexit, but subsequently extended to other contexts).

Some E.U. policymakers have argued for a “flextension” that would set a date for Britain’s E.U. exit far in the future but allow Britain to leave as soon as it comes up with a viable plan.

The problem with flextensions is that, just as has occurred with Brexit, they don't address the underlying problem.

A position in which the lower neck is flexed and upper neck extended.

The lubricated mask is inserted fully deflated, with the patient's head and neck in the sniffing position (lower neck flexed and upper neck extended, flextension).