Definition of inflection

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

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Homoioptoton :: Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally..
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..
Conjugation :: Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Declension :: Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..
Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Flectional :: Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection..
Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
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..
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Tense :: Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective..
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Flection :: Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; 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..
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..
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..
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
Noninflectional :: Noninflectional (a.) Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection..
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