inflection
- IPA[ɪnˈflɛkʃn]
英式
- 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；the process or practice of inflecting words.
noun: inflection, plural noun: inflections
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名詞
- 1. 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 同義詞
- ▪ the process or practice of inflecting words.
- 2. the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice she spoke slowly and without inflection the variety of his vocal inflections 同義詞
- ▪ the variation of the pitch of a musical note.
- 3. a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve the point of inflection of the bell-shaped curve 同義詞
- a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs.
Oxford Dictionary
- a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[inˈflekSH(ə)n]
美式
- a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or ... a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections
Oxford American Dictionary
