Definition of inflection

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Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..

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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.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..
Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Flection :: Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection..
Case :: Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word..
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
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..
Homoioptoton :: Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally..
Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air..
Termination :: Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison..
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..
Level :: Level (a.) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Deflectionize :: Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
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