A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.
Mathematics: Point where a graph of a function changes either from a right hand bend to a left hand bend or vice versa.
1 It is the result of a change in the language-theloss of inflexion .
2 LETRONNE.- Amagnificentbay or inflexion in the coast-lineof the Oceanus Procellarum, N.N.E.
3 She understood him; she was moved, too, by the inflexion of his voice.
4 We are at a huge inflexion point in the history of transport and travel.
5 She turned away with a wide gesture and an upward inflexion of her voice.
6 And each time she murmured with a rising inflexion :
7 The inflexion of Lady Ingleton's voice at that moment made Dion think of Mrs. Chetwinde.
8 Metrics to capture post-implantation feature changes and inflexion points were computed on group and individual levels.
9 The mutter had a rising inflexion of dubiety.
10 He specially emphasised freedom of gesture and inflexion .
11 Stormgren's feelings were very mixed as he stared at that scarcely visible inflexion of the trace.
12 He had trained himself too long and too carefully to speak with that cold, ironic inflexion .
13 The man's voice was dead of all inflexion .
14 He assented, but with an inflexion on the word "It's-organised."
15 There was something, just the merest inflexion in the deep voice, which suggested he didn't altogether approve.
16 Life itself!" And then after a moment and with a slight rising inflexion : "You're free?"
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