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Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.
Roland Barthes

Meaning of "inflexion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFLEXION

inflexion  [ɪnˈflekʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFLEXION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inflexion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INFLEXION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inflection

In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case. The inflection of verbs is also called conjugation, and the inflection of nouns, adjectives and pronouns is also called declension. An inflection expresses one or more grammatical categories with a prefix, suffix or infix, or another internal modification such as a vowel change. For example, the Latin verb ducam, meaning "I will lead", includes the suffix -am, expressing person, number, and tense. The use of this suffix is an inflection. In contrast, in the English clause "I will lead", the word lead is not inflected for any of person, number, or tense; it is simply the bare form of a verb. The inflected form of a word often contains both a free morpheme, and a bound morpheme. For example, the English word cars is a noun that is inflected for number, specifically to express the plural; the content morpheme car is unbound because it could stand alone as a word, while the suffix -s is bound because it cannot stand alone as a word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFLEXION


action
ˈækʃən
annexion
əˈnekʃən
attraction
əˈtrækʃən
auction
ˈɔːkʃən
circumflexion
ˌsɜːkəmˈflekʃən
cross-section
ˈkrɒsˌsekʃən
deselection
ˌdiːsɪˈlekʃən
disinfection
ˌdɪsɪnˈfekʃən
dissection
dɪˈsekʃən
genuflection
ˌdʒenjʊˈflekʃən
insection
ɪnˈsekʃən
microdissection
ˈmaɪkrəʊdɪˈsekʃən
overcorrection
ˌəʊvəkəˈrekʃən
preselection
ˌpriːsɪˈlekʃən
reconnection
ˌriːkəˈnekʃən
reinfection
ˌriːɪnˈfekʃən
reinjection
ˌriːɪnˈdʒekʃən
rejection
rɪˈdʒekʃən
subcollection
ˌsʌbkəˈlekʃən
transection
trænˈsekʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFLEXION

inflect
inflectable
inflected
inflectedness
inflection
inflectional
inflectionally
inflectionless
inflective
inflector
inflexed
inflexibility
inflexible
inflexibleness
inflexibly
inflexional
inflexionally
inflexionless
inflict
inflictable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFLEXION

axion
complexion
connexion
crucifixion
deflexion
disconnexion
dorsiflexion
flexion
fluxion
genuflexion
interconnexion
irreflexion
Ixion
peaches-and-cream complexion
prefixion
reflexion
retroflexion
schoolgirl complexion
the Crucifixion
transfixion

Synonyms and antonyms of inflexion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inflexion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFLEXION

Find out the translation of inflexion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inflexion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inflexion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拐点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inflexión
570 millions of speakers

English

inflexion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنعطاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перегиба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inflexão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুর-ভাঁজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inflexion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inflexion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flexion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변곡점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inflexion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự uốn cong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளைவு மாற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उलथापालथ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıvrılma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inflessione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przegięcia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перегину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inflexiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbuigbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inflexion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inflexion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inflexion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXION»

The term «inflexion» is normally little used and occupies the 112.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inflexion

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QUOTES WITH «INFLEXION»

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Roland Barthes
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFLEXION»

Discover the use of inflexion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inflexion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)
descriptions of Latin inflexion see Ernout (1953), Sommer (1948) and Leumann ( 1977). 2. Lieber bases this claim partly on German noun inflexion, as analysed by Wurzel (1970), relying particularly on the distinction (which he has since ...
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2013
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Motion Geometry of Mechanisms
So the diameter 5 of the inflexion-circle is understood to be the positive .y - coordinate of the inflexion-pole W. Regarding the proper use of the Euler- Savary formula we remark that: to every point on a pole-ray, which is a line through the origin ...
E. A. Dijksman, 1976
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Pure Mathematics
The turning point may be a maximum, a minimum or a point of inflexion. You can find out what type a turning point is by dv considering the sign of — on either side of the turning point or ax , d2v . by evaluating ——? at the turning point. dxz You ...
Geoff Mannall, Michael Kenwood, 2000
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Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
5.4.2 Inflexion and derivation Although the term 'morphology' is now sufficiently well-established to be called ' traditional ', it is not in fact a term employed in classical grammar. The term which opposes 'syntax' in classical grammar is ' inflexion' ...
John Lyons, 1968
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Geometry of Curves
5.5.1 Simple inflexions A simple inflexion occurs where the curve ' instantaneously' crosses its tangent line three times at the point of contact (see Figure 5.1). limiting position 3 points of intersection 3-point contact Figure 5.1 Simple inflexion.
J.W. Rutter, 2000
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International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms
The directions of velocities and accelerations of all points, lying on the inflexion circle, intersect in the inflexion-pole W, which is diametrical opposite to the instantaneous pole P. Figure 6 includes velocity and acceleration of the inflexion point ...
Marco Ceccarelli, 2004
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Topics
7 Next, look from the point of view of the inflexions, and see, for destructive purposes, if the inflexion of the property rendered fails to be a property of the inflexion of the subject: for then neither will the other inflexion be a property of the other ...
Aristotle, 2004
8
The Monthly Review
The same points, when the sentence is differently constructed, adopt the other inflexion. * Thus the inflexion of voice which is adopted in a series of emphatic particulars, for the fake of force and precision, though these particulars are marked ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1781
9
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
The same points, when the sentence is differently constructed, adopt the other inflexion. * Thus the inflexion of voice which is adopted in a series of emphatic particulars, for the fake of force and precision, though these particulars are marked ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1781
10
Mechanism Design: An Introductory Text
A point of particular importance is that at which the cubic intersects the inflexion circle. This is known as Ball's point, and is a point of undulation, at which the path is an even closer approximation to a straight line than at an ordinary point of ...
Samuel Molian, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFLEXION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inflexion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shopping for deals in the consumer sector | unquote.com
John Harper, investment director, Inflexion Private Equity: This has always been an active space for private equity so, yes, there will continue to ... «www.unquote.com, Jul 15»
2
S&P warns China and US pose credit risk - FT.com
... China and the US junk bond market, according to Standard & Poor's, a twin threat representing an “inflexion point” in the current credit cycle. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
A European Biotech Stock Basket For 2015 - An Update
With more than $60 million in cash (providing sufficient operating funds until end-2017) and some major value inflexion points coming up in the ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
4
Royal Northern Sinfonia Summer Quintet Chamber Series, Sage …
The dark and brooding opening movement had a relentless drive, with the players responding intuitively to each inflexion. The second movement offered a brief ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
5
Jay-Jay Johanson - Opium
'I Love Him So' adds a murky inflexion, reminiscent of the best work of Portishead, as Johanson intones a lullaby atop its glacial beauty. Elsewhere, 'I Don't ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Editorial: App job
The inflexion in the app business happened with the arrival of free wi-fi services. That allowed users to bypass the telecom network. Then ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
7
CMO Software Appoints Industry Stalwart Jim Darragh as New CEO
Backed by UK mid-market private equity investor Inflexion in 2013, CMO now serves more than 130 major customers in a global market ... «Virtual Press Office, Jul 15»
8
Defending Keshi: Why the NFF decision was wrong
... unable to muster. The effervescent Dutchman, in his broken English and inflexion, put his fist down at every opportunity and got away with it. «Goal.com, Jul 15»
9
Millionaire duo to create up to 150 jobs in Peterborough with new TV …
The move comes four years after they sold Ideal World and its successful Create and Craft Channel to private equity firm Inflexion for £80 ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter: Physicist for War and Profit
... because now is the time when we've reached the inflexion point in total human population and the rate of increase is beginning to decrease. «Pravda, Jul 15»

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