inflection

Meanings

Plural: inflections

Noun

• a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
• the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
• deviation from a straight or normal course
• a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
• The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
• Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
• The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
• An affix representing a given variation.
• The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
• Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
• The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
• A change in pitch or tone of voice.
• A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
• A turning away from a straight course.
• Diffraction.

Synonyms

flection, flexion, inflexion, modulation, prosody

Related Words

inflect, inflected