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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The word "inflection" in example sentences

Years after 9/11, I learned in math class that the bottom-most point on a parabola is known as an inflection point -- the point where the slope of the line goes from negative to positive. ❋ Amin G. Aaser (2011)

His responses are delivered without so much as even a change in inflection, always acknowledging the absurdity of his circumstances and the unfortunate reality that has come as a result. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Years after 9/11, I learned in math class that the bottom-most point on a parabola is known as an inflection point - the point where the slope of the line goes from negative to positive. ❋ Amin G. Aaser (2011)

"We targeted 1,313 for last week as a near-term inflection point, and we haven't broken it yet." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Meanwhile, the S&P 500's near-term inflection point holds at 1,284. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Acceleration above that level, should push pair higher, with next resistance area around 126.10 and finally, key midterm inflection point 126.60 - [email protected] (FXstreet.com Independent Ana (2010)

The 4.5 MBS is down 2 ticks to 100-27, well within a nominal range around the long term inflection point at 100-28. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He seems to have picked up a certain Southern inflection in his voice that I hadn't noticed before. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[The Holy Spirit] is the ultimate source of inflection because all he does is fix [God's] mistakes from only doing Good when there is a PERFECT universe he is [not Good enough] to Join by himself alone. ❋ Hellsprung (2017)

Frank: "[Benjamin] (BEN [juh] men), what's new?" Benjamin: "Well I'm getting married in a month." Frank: "NO WAY MAN! CONGRATULATIONS!" - 1 month later - Frank: "So Benjamin (ben juh MEN), how's life?" Benjamin: "Great. I got married Saturday." Frank: "NO WAY MAN! WHY DIDN'T [YOU TELL ME]?!" Benjamin: "I did and your inflection deflection isn't helping." ❋ I'mTotallyNotDave (2010)

OF COURSE this is [urban slang]. "[Whazzap] wit da point of inflection, [biatch]?" ❋ Aaronak (2005)

“They have a British inflection [despite] being from [Australia]” ❋ Numulic (2023)

Guy 1: man that [cheeseburger] was [tasty] as hell?? Guy 2: wtf did you just say dude Guy 1: sorry man serious case of [inflection confusion] ❋ Bones4436 (2009)

If [you don't know] what a [point of inflection] is, look at [the 2018 us midterms], when the squad was born. ❋ Sexydimma (2021)

Oh, [Ethan] you used Pumpkin Spice Latte Inflection again. *[Snickers], then Says* [I would] like a Large one this time. ❋ AD/Strength/Special Teams (2019)

[Drew], you are such an [absolute gimp] [inflection klaxon] ❋ BigJM (2021)

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