Inflection
Word | INFLECTION |
Character | 10 |
Hyphenation | in flec tion |
Pronunciations | /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Inflection"
What do we mean by inflection?
The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected. noun
Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice. noun
An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense. noun
An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the –s in the English third person singular verb form speaks. noun
The paradigm of a word. noun
A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection. noun
A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment. noun
The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected; a bend or bending. noun
In optics, the peculiar modification or deviation which light undergoes in passing the edges of an opaque body, usually attended by the formation of colored fringes: more commonly called diffraction. noun
In grammar, the variation of nouns, etc., by declension, and of verbs by conjugation; more specifically, variation in part by internal change, and not by added elements alone. noun
Modulation of the voice in speaking, or any change in the pitch or tone of the voice in singing. noun
In geometry, the place on a curve where a tangent moving along the curve by a rolling motion changes the direction of its turning, and begins to turn back; a stationary tangent. noun
In eccles. chanting, same as accent, 7. noun
The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. noun
A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. noun
A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice. noun
The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. noun
Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. noun
(grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
A change in pitch or tone of voice.
A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
A turning away from a straight course.
(optometry) diffraction
To receive from outside influence a need to fix problems of a mutually desirable outcome. Urban Dictionary
When someone, in an effort to seem like they care, pronounces your name differently every time you see each other to deflect from the fact you have nothing to talk about or are too busy to remember anything about this person Urban Dictionary
Calculus: A point at which the concavity of a mathematical function changes. Points of inflection occur where the second derivative f''(x)=0, and where f'''(x) doesn't =0. Urban Dictionary
When someone isn’t British but acts and sounds British to the point they are mistaken to be British. Usually not being from British descent they just naturally come off as if they were born there. Urban Dictionary
When you mistakenly use the wrong inflection at the end of a sentence, resulting in confusion from both the listening and speaking parties Urban Dictionary
When, proverbially speaking, shit hits the fan, especially when one is talking about the us house ofrepresentatives. Urban Dictionary
What unique English teachers call it when your voice goes up at the end of a sentence that wasn’t a question. Urban Dictionary
You type this in brackets when you say something that could be misinterpreted in textual form so as not to cause undue offence to people. By putting this after phrases, you can easily banter someone on WhatsApp etc without them having a strop cos you think they're really digging you out. Urban Dictionary
Synonyms and Antonyms for Inflection
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