Inflection

[ɪn'flekʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'flɛkʃən]

解释:

(noun.) deviation from a straight or normal course.

(noun.) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.

朱厄尔录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

(n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

(n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.

(n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.

(n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.

(n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.

(n.) Same as Diffraction.

手打:雷克斯

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Bending, curvature, bend, curvity, flexure, crook.[2]. (Gram.) Variation (in declension or in conjugation).[3]. (Music and Elocution.) Modulation (of the voice).

希尔达整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Bend, curvature, inflexion, flexion

ANT:Straightness, rectilinearity, directness

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