point of inflection

Signification (Anglais)

A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.

Concepts

point d’inflexion

Synonymes

inflection point

knee

spinodal

point of contraflexure

point of inflexion

knee point

knick point

Traductions

Wendepunkt

σημείο καμπής

buigpunt

ponto de inflexão