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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inflection \In*flec"tion\, n. [L. inflexio : cf F. 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 twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as the
rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to
mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person,
mood, voice, etc
5. (Mus.)
a Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice.
b A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting.
6. (Opt.) Same as {Diffraction}.
{Point of inflection} (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of
which a curve bends in contrary ways.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inflection
n 1: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix)
to indicate a change in its grammatical function [syn: {inflexion}]
2: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language [syn: {prosody}]
3: the act of bending something [syn: {bend}, {bending}, {flex},
{flexion}, {flection}]
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