inflection point

inflection point

 
noun Mathematics.
a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
Also called flex point, point of inflection.

Origin:
1715–25
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Inflection point is always a great word to know.
So is perfect number. Does it mean:
a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3
a number usually expressed in the form a/b, a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed
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