INFLECTION


Meaning of INFLECTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈflek-shən ]

noun

Date: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.