Definition of Inflecteon
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.
- Wikipedia
In*flec"tion (?), n. [L.
inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See Inflect.]
[Written also inflecxion.] 1. The act of
inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a
twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the
voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change
which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense,
person, mood, voice, etc.
5. (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.
6. (Opt.) Same as
Diffraction.
Point of inflection (Geom.), the
point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary
ways.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a turning away from a straight course.
- a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
- a change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- a change in pitch or tone of voice.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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