inflection or inflexion (ɪnˈflɛkʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | modulation of the voice |
| 2. | (grammar) a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case |
| 3. | an angle or bend |
| 4. | the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected |
| 5. | maths See also point of inflection a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa |
| inflexion or inflexion | |
| —n | |
| in'flectional or inflexion | |
| —adj | |
| in'flexional or inflexion | |
| —adj | |
| in'flectionally or inflexion | |
| —adv | |
| in'flexionally or inflexion | |
| —adv | |
| in'flectionless or inflexion | |
| —adj | |
| in'flexionless or inflexion | |
| —adj | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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