Science and Technology
- A flexible printed circuit used in electronic assemblies
- A common shortening of flexible cable, as used on electrical appliances
- Femtosecond Lenticule EXtraction, a form of refractive eye surgery
- Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge, a German producer of power tools
- Flex-fuel, a Flexible-fuel vehicle
- FLEX mission, a potential satellite launch mission by the European Space Agency
- Flextronics (NASDAQ symbo: FLEX), a contract electronics maker in Singapore
- Ford Flex, a full sized people mover vehicle
- Frequency Level Expander, a Pioneer Corporation tape enhancement feature
- Reduced flex thrust, a reduced takeoff thrust setting which trades excess performance for reduced engine wear
- Flex and flock are synthetic materials which can be cut and thermo transferred onto t-shirts
- An inflection point of a curve in geometry.
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