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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
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent or curved . In See also:

• OPTICS

optics, the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• INFLEXION (from Lat. inflectere, to bend)

inflexion " was used by See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

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
• PITCH, MUSICAL

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 .