inflection

Significado (Inglés)

1. (uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
2. (countable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
3. (countable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
4. (countable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
5. (countable, uncountable) A change in pitch or tone of voice.
6. (countable, uncountable) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
7. (countable, uncountable) A turning away from a straight course.
8. (countable, uncountable) Diffraction.

Conceptos

inflexión

flexión

accidente

conjugación

declinación

punto de inflexión

Sinónimos

inflexion

conjugation

declension

flexion

modulation

flection

bend

inclination

intonation

deflection

accent

contrary flexure

pitch

contraflexure

prosody

case

function

gradient

hue

labor

labour

leaning

list

mode

mood

motion

movement

nuance

offset

operation

penchant

proclivity

propensity

refraction

shade

sigmoid

sigmoidal

slant

slope

sweep

talent

tendency

tense

tilt

tinge

tint

tipping

tone

ability

workings

Traducciones

inflexion

flexion

inflexão

verbuiging

inflexió

κλίση

Flexion

flexió

Biegung

desinenza

Beugung

declinatio

flessione

flexura

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/

Etimología (Inglés)

From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.