inflection (redirected from Inflections)

in·flec·tion  (n-flkshn)

n.

1. The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.

2. Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.

3. Grammar

a. An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.

b. An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.

c. The paradigm of a word.

d. A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.

4. A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.

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in·flection·al adj.

in·flection·al·ly adv.

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inflection, inflexion [ɪnˈflɛkʃən]

n

1. modulation of the voice

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) (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. (Mathematics) Maths a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa See also point of inflection

inflectional , inflexional adj

inflectionally , inflexionally adv

inflectionless , inflexionless adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inflection - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function inflexion grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar conjugation - the inflection of verbs declension - the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages paradigm - systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word pluralisation, pluralization - the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
	2.	inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language prosody manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" intonation, pitch contour, modulation - rise and fall of the voice pitch caesura - a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line enjambement, enjambment - the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause stress, accent, emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" speech rhythm, rhythm - the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
	3.	inflection - deviation from a straight or normal course flection, flexion deviation, difference, divergence, departure - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
	4.	inflection - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified modulation manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

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inflection

noun

1. intonation, stress, emphasis, beat, measure, rhythm, cadence, modulation, accentuation His voice was devoid of inflection.

2. (Grammar) conjugation, declension Around 2 years, the child adds many grammatical inflections.

Translations

inflection [ɪnˈflekʃən] N → inflexión f

inflection [ɪnˈflɛkʃ^ən] n

[voice] → inflexion f

(GRAMMAR) (= ending) → désinence f

inflection [ɪnˈflɛkʃ/ən] n (of voice) → intonazione f, modulazione f (Gram) → flessione f
the inflection of nouns/verbs → la flessione nominale/verbale
point of inflection (Math) → punto di flesso