inflection

Meaning

Noun

• A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories.
• 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

Related

Similar words

• flection, flexion

Narrower meaning words

• conjugation
• comparison
• declension, declination

Origin

• From the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexio, inflexionis; the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.