inflection: Meaning and Definition of

in•flec•tion

1. modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
2. noun inflection; verb inflection.
1. the process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
2. the paradigm of a word.
3. a single pattern of formation of a paradigm:noun inflection; verb inflection.
4. the change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated.
5. the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
6. the systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard (contrasted with derivation).
3. a bend or angle.
4. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.