Look up: inflection

1. inflection
   Type: Term Pronunciation: in-flek′shŭn Definitions: 1. An inward bending. 2. Obsolete term for diffraction.
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2. Inflection
   In music an inflection is a change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. In chanting, an inflection is a departure from the monotone, or reciting note.
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3. inflection
   [n] - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function 2. [n] - deviation from a straight or normal course
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4. Inflection
   (Inflection (inflexion / inflect / inflects / inflected)) The way words can change their form to show, for example, that they are singular or plural (e.g. table becomes tables) and to indicate tense (e.g. change becomes changes/ changed/ changing) or possession (The cat's whiskers).…
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5. Inflection
   A point of inflection of a plane curve is a point where the curve has a stationary tangent, at which the tangent is changing from rotating in one direction to rotating in the oppostie direction. See also: Curve Sketching.
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6. Inflection
   Inflection is a change to the ending of a word to indicate tense, number or other grammatical features. For example: walk - walks/walked/walking shoe - shoes old - older/oldest see also suffix
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7. inflection
   change in pitch or loudness of the voice. Category: General
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8. Inflection
   In·flec'tion noun [ Latin inflexio : confer French inflexion . See Inflect .] [ Written also inflecxion .] 1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a tw...
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9. inflection
   1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. ... 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. ... 3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection. ... 4. The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tens...
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10. inflection
    flection noun deviation from a straight or normal course
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11. inflection
    (in-flek´shәn) the act of bending inward, or the state of being bent inward.
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12. Inflection
    • (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. • (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection. • (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. &...
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13. inflection
    in linguistics, the change in the form of a word (in English, usually the addition of endings) to mark such distinctions as tense, person, number, ... [21 related articles]
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14. inflection
    inflection, inflexion 1. Deviation from a straight or normal course. 2. To change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function. 3. The patterns of stress and intonation in a language. 4. Modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voi...
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15. inflection
    In drama the change in the tone or loudness of the voice.
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16. inflection
    inflection, in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and -er. An inflectional affix carries certain grammatical r...
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17. Inflection
    In grammar, inflection (from the Latin, inflexio, a bending), is the changes in form which words undergo in consequence of standing in certain relations to other words in a sentence. These changes occur for the most part at the end of words, and the inflectional elements were all probably at first s...
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18. inflection
    (grammar) In grammatical analysis, an ending or other element in a word that indicates its grammatical function in a sentence. (whether it is plural or singular, masculine or feminine, subject or object, and so on). In a highly inflected language like Latin, nouns, verbs, and adjectives have m...
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