inflection
inflection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
- 2.A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
- 3.(Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
- 4.(Mus.) (a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
- 5.(Opt.) Same as Diffraction. Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accidence
- arc
- arcade
- arch
- arched
- arcuation
- bay
- bend
- bending
- bough
- bought
- bow
- cardioid
- carve
- case
- catenary
- caustic
- ceiling
- concameration
- conchoid
- conjugation
- correct
- crane
- crescent
- crook
- curl
- curling
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- curvity
- declension
- deflection
- deflexion
- detour
- devexity
- deviation
- festoon
- flection
- flexion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is inflection.
- What is a bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist called?
- What is a slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection called?
- What is the variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc called?
- What is (a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting called?
- What is same as Diffraction. Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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