INFLECTION
\ɪnflˈɛkʃən], \ɪnflˈɛkʃən], \ɪ_n_f_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INFLECTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
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A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
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A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
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The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
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Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
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A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
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Same as Diffraction.
By Oddity Software
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The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
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A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
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A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
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The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
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Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
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A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
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Same as Diffraction.
By Noah Webster.
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A bending or deviation: modulation of the voice: (gram.) the varying in termination.
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INFLECTIONAL.
By Daniel Lyons
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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