inflection

inflection
(主英亦作 inflexion)
noun

(Grammar)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
(语法)（词，尤指词尾的）屈折变化
■[mass noun]the process or practice of inflecting words
屈折变化过程；屈折变化练习
[mass noun]the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice
（声调的）抑扬
she spoke slowly and without inflection.
她说得很慢，声调没有抑扬变化。
[count noun]the variety of his vocal inflections.
他嗓音的抑扬变化。
■the variation of the pitch of a musical note
变音；转调
(chiefly Mathematics)a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve
(主数)拐折，回折；拐点，回折点

派生
inflectional
adjective
inflectionally
adverb
inflectionless
adjective
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'the action of bending inwards'): from Latin inflexio(n-), from the verb inflectere 'bend in, curve' (see inflect)

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