inflection

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Synonyms: infliction, infection, reflection, deflection, inspection, infraction, flection, inflation, inflections, injection, infarction

Antonyms: infliction, infection, reflection, deflection, inspection, infraction, flection, inflation, inflections, injection, infarction

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q207857}} {{lb|en|grammar|uncountable}} The [[linguistic]] [[phenomenon]] of [[morphological]] [[variation]], whereby [[word]]s take a number of distinct [[form]]s in order to express different [[grammatical]] [[feature]]s.
2. A change in [[pitch]] or [[tone]] of voice.
3. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A change in curvature from [[concave]] to [[convex]] or from convex to concave.
4. A turning away from a straight course.
5. {{lb|en|optometry}} [[diffraction|Diffraction]].

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