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inflection

noun
/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/

Etymology

From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.

  1. derived from inflexio — “alteration”
  2. borrowed from inflexion

Definitions

  1. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of…

    The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

    • In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.

  2. A change in pitch or tone of voice.

  3. A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A turning away from a straight course.

      • inflection from the rules

    2. Diffraction.

The neighborhood

Derived

inflectional, inflectionless, inflection point, overinflection, transflection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inflection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inflection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at inflection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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