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inflection

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﹒A change in the form of a word to express a grammatical function such as tense, mood, person, number, case, or gender.

﹒A change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice.

﹒A change in the curvature or direction of a line, surface, or path.

Examples

﹒The speaker's voice had a subtle inflection that conveyed his underlying sarcasm.

﹒In linguistics, inflection refers to the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories.

﹒The sudden inflection in the market trend caught many investors by surprise.

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