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INFLEXION (from Lat. inflectere, to bend)

INFLEXION (from See also:
LAT
Lat. inflectere, to See also:
BEND
bend) , the See also:

ACTION

action of bending inwards, or turning toiards oneself, or the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of being See also:

bent or curved. In See also:

OPTICS

optics, the See also:

TERM

term " inflexion " was used by See also:

Newton for what is now known as " diffraction of See also:

LIGHT

light " (q.v.). For inflexion in See also:

GEOMETRY

geometry see See also:

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

CuRvE. Inflexion when used of the See also:

VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, in speaking or singing, indicates a See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in See also:

TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, See also:

pitch or expression. In See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar (q.v.) inflexion indicates the changes which a word undergoes to bring it into correct relations with the other words with which it is used. In See also:

ENGLISH

English grammar nouns, pronouns, adjectives (in their degrees of comparison), verbs and adverbs are inflected. Some grammarians, however, regard the inflexions of adverbs more as an actual change in word-formation.

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