inflexion
Meaning of inflexion
noun
- a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.
a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections
- the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice.
she spoke slowly and without inflection
the variety of his vocal inflections
- a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve.
the point of inflection of the bell-shaped curve
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of bending inwards’): from Latin inflexio(n- ), from the verb inflectere ‘bend in, curve’ (see inflect).
Information about inflexion
- It is a name.
- The plural form of inflexion is: inflexions.
- Languages in which inflexion is used:
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Hyphenation of inflexion
in-flex-ion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- inflexion is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inflexion synonyms
Meaning inflection:
Meaning the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified:
Meaning (in the grammar of Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified:
Meaning the visible shape or configuration of something:
Meaning an end or final part of something:
Meaning any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence:
Meaning pressure or tension exerted on a material object:
Meaning a modulation or inflection of the voice:
Meaning a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound:
Meaning the action or fact of accentuating or of being accentuated:
Meaning the rise and fall of the voice in speaking:
Meaning special importance, value, or prominence given to something:
Meaning the exertion of a modifying or controlling influence on something:
Meaning the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system:
Meaning a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose:
Meaning a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth:
Meaning a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent:
Meaning a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry:
Meaning form or cause to form a curve:
Meaning the fact of being curved or the degree to which something is curved:
Meaning shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle:
Meaning a place where a road branches off from another:
Meaning a place where a road deviates from a straight path:
Meaning a curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit:
Meaning an act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point:
Meaning a knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons:
Meaning the hooked staff of a shepherd:
Meaning the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet:
Meaning a part of a curve, especially a part of the circumference of a circle:
Meaning a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it:
Translation of inflexion
- German: Wendepunkt
Words that rhyme with inflexion
axion, Alexion, annexion, anteflexion, anteroflexion, cathexion, circumflexion, complexion, connexion, deflexion, discomplexion, disconnexion, dorsiflexion, exion, flexion, genuflexion, hyperflexion, implexion, inconnexion, interconnexion, introflexion, irreflexion, lateriflexion, lateroflexion, overflexion, plantarflexion, postflexion, preflexion, reflexion, retroflexion, retroversioflexion, rotexion, semiflexion, sovinexion, superflexion, sympexion, ventriflexion, Crucifixion, Ixion, affixion, crucifixion, fixion, frixion, infixion, ixion, prefixion, suffixion, transfixion, ovatoxion, adfluxion
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