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What does inflection mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inflection? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
  2. A change in pitch or tone of voice.
  3. (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
  4. A turning away from a straight course.
  5. (optometry) diffraction
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French has inflectional morphology to indicate plurality, person, number, and tense, so inflection is not a foreign concept.
A flat, natural, or sharp sign can be placed above it, to indicate a chromatic inflection of the upper note.
Keeping track of your tone of voice, volume and inflection is also a good idea.
Who needs fancy words when an effortless turn of inflection can speak volumes?
True, it spoke without much inflection, as if reporting a cricket score from a sticky wicket.
The Christological inflection, however, particularizes these common nouns by the use of the definite article.

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