Definition of inflection

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Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

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Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Deflectionize :: Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Conjugation :: Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Anaptotic :: Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages..
Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..
Heteroclite :: Heteroclite (n.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected..
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection..
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..
Declension :: Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
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