INFLEC'TION, n. [L. inflectio.] The act of bending or turning from a direct line or course. 1. In optics,a property of light by which its rays, when they approach a body, are bent towards it or from it.2. In grammar, the variation of nouns, &c., by declension, and verbs by conjugation.3. Modulation of the voice in speaking. More commonly inflection gives significance to tones.Point of inflection, in geometry, the point where a curve begins to bend the contrary way. |
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