point of inflection

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

point of contraflexure

point of inflexion

knee point

knick point

Translations

point d’inflexion

σημείο καμπής

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