[in.flec.tion] n (1531) 1: the act or result of curving or bending: bend
2: change in pitch or loudness of the voice 3 a: the change of form that words undergo to mark such distinctions as those of case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice b: a form, suffix, or element involved in such variation c: accidence
4. a: change in curvature of an arc or curve from concave to convex or conversely b: inflection point