inflection
noun
[ ɪnˈflɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.
• "a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections"
• the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice.
• "she spoke slowly and without inflection"
Similar:
stress,
cadence,
rhythm,
accentuation,
intonation,
emphasis,
modulation,
metre,
measure,
rise and fall,
swing,
lilt,
beat,
change of pitch,
change of tone,
change of timbre,
• a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve.
• "the point of inflection of the bell-shaped curve"
Similar:
curving,
curvature,
bending,
turning,
curve,
bend,
turn,
bow,
crook,
angle,
arc,
arch,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of bending inwards’): from Latin inflexio(n- ), from the verb inflectere ‘bend in, curve’ (see inflect).
