inflection

Meaning

  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.

Synonyms

inflexion
conjugation
declension
flexion
modulation
flection
bend
B2
inclination
23k
intonation
deflection
44k
accent
B2

contrary flexure

pitch
B2

contraflexure

prosody
case
A1
function
B2
gradient
24k
hue
21k
labor
B2
labour
C1
leaning
C1
list
A2
mode
C1
mood
B1
motion
B2
movement
B2
nuance
35k
offset
27k
operation
B1
penchant
31k
proclivity
propensity
40k
refraction
shade
C1
sigmoid
sigmoidal
slant
28k
slope
C2
sweep
B2
talent
B1
tendency
C2
tense
B2
tilt
C2
tinge
47k
tint
40k
tipping
C2
tone
B2

ability

workings
21k
Translations

inflexion
flexión
flexion
inflexión
inflexão

κλίση

verbuiging
inflexió
Flexion
flexió
Biegung
desinenza
Beugung

declinatio

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
Etymology

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.

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