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/ɪnflˈɛkʃən/ Listen

noun

Inflection n. (Written also inflecxion)

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.

(Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.

(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.

(Opt.) Same as Diffraction.

Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways.

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Etymology of 'Inflection'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inflection" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mrs. Kent, lowering her voice to a compassionate inflection. "Poor boy! he has neither father nor mother! He is entirely dependent upon me. Out of my salary I have paid his expenses ever since ...

— Frank and Fearless - or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent • Horatio Alger Jr.

... language contains no alphabet; each symbol represents a different word; the substantives are indeclinable, and the verbs are without inflection. It thus becomes necessary in mastering the language to learn by rote a vast number of signs and characters,—a ...

— History of Education • Levi Seeley

... Scott followed each inflection of the persuasive voice, his lean face glowing with appreciation at every point his idol scored. For the time being, awkwardness was lost and all self-consciousness. Why think about himself, when he could have the chance to watch ...

— The Brentons • Anna Chapin Ray

... know she doesn't," replied Aunt Hannah, with a curious inflection. "But don't you see, William, that all this isn't going to quite do? Billy's ...

— Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter

... N. curvature, curvity^, curvation^; incurvature^, incurvity^; incurvation^; bend; flexure, flexion, flection^; conflexure^; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^; inflection, inflexion^; concameration^; arcuation^, devexity^, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^, recurvation^; sinuosity &c 248. kink. carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

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