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1. (n.) inflection
modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
2. inflection
the process of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class, as in forming served from serve, sings from sing, or harder from hard
3. inflection
an affix added in this process, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in
played.
4. inflection
an inflected form of a word.
5. inflection
the systematic description of the process of inflection in a language; accidence.
6. inflection
a bend or angle.
7. inflection
a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.
Etymology: (1525–35)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inflection, inflexion
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
2. (noun) prosody, inflection
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
3. (noun) inflection, flection, flexion
deviation from a straight or normal course
4. (noun) modulation, inflection
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) inflection
the act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected
2. (noun) inflection
a bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist
3. (noun) inflection
a slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection
4. (noun) inflection
the variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc
5. (noun) inflection
any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice
6. (noun) inflection
a departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting
7. (noun) inflection
same as Diffraction
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. inflection
the name given to the changes in the end of words to indicate relations, not so common in English—being usually expressed among us by prepositions—as in Latin, Greek, and other languages, but occurring in English as king's, mine, ours, to indicate possession; inflection in nouns is called declension, and in verbs conjugation.
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