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Meanings of inflexion in English

Catalan
flexió
Spanish
flexión

A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.

flexió

Mathematics: Point where a graph of a function changes either from a right hand bend to a left hand bend or vice versa.

Usage of inflexion in English
1
It is the result of a change in the language-theloss of inflexion.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
LETRONNE.- Amagnificentbay or inflexion in the coast-lineof the Oceanus Procellarum, N.N.E.
The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
3
She understood him; she was moved, too, by the inflexion of his voice.
Under Two Flags
4
We are at a huge inflexion point in the history of transport and travel.
The Irish Times
5
She turned away with a wide gesture and an upward inflexion of her voice.
The Fortunate Youth
6
And each time she murmured with a rising inflexion:
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
7
The inflexion of Lady Ingleton's voice at that moment made Dion think of Mrs. Chetwinde.
In the Wilderness
8
Metrics to capture post-implantation feature changes and inflexion points were computed on group and individual levels.
Pubmed
9
The mutter had a rising inflexion of dubiety.
Alias the Lone Wolf
10
He specially emphasised freedom of gesture and inflexion.
My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
11
Stormgren's feelings were very mixed as he stared at that scarcely visible inflexion of the trace.
Childhood's End
12
He had trained himself too long and too carefully to speak with that cold, ironic inflexion.
The Dark House
13
The man's voice was dead of all inflexion.
Perdido Street Station
14
He assented, but with an inflexion on the word "It's-organised."
This Freedom
15
There was something, just the merest inflexion in the deep voice, which suggested he didn't altogether approve.
Millionaire's women
16
Life itself!" And then after a moment and with a slight rising inflexion: "You're free?"
A Passionate Pilgrim
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Inflexion through the time
Inflexion across language varieties
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