English-Thai Dictionary
inflect
VI ผัน ไป ตาม บุรุษ และ พจน์ (ทาง ไวยากรณ์ pan-pai-tam-bu-rud-lae-phod
inflect
VT ทำให้ งอ ทำให้ โค้ง ทำให้ เฉ bend turn curve tam-hai-ngoe
inflection
N การผัน คำ (ทาง ไวยากรณ์ วิภัตติ kan-pan-kam
inflection
N การ เปลี่ยนเสียง สูง ต่ำ intonation pitch tone modulation kan-pian-sing-sung-lea-tam
inflection of verbs
N การผัน คำกริยา (ทาง ไวยากรณ์ วิภัตติ kan-pan-kam-kri-ya
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INFLECT
v.t.[L. inflecto; in and flecto, to bend. ] 1. To bend; to turn from a direct line or course.
Are not the rays of the sun reflected, refracted and inflected by one and the same principle?
2. In grammar, to vary a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
INFLECTED
pp. Bent or turned from a direct line or course; as an inflected ray of light; varied in termination.
INFLECTING
ppr. Bending or turning from its course; varying in termination; modulating, as the voice.
INFLECTION
n.[L. inflectio.] The act of bending or turning from a direct line or course. 1. In optics, a property of light by which its rays, when they approach a body, are bent towards it or from it.
2. In grammar, the variation of nouns, etc. , by declension, and verbs by conjugation.
3. Modulation of the voice in speaking.
More commonly inflection gives significance to tones.
Point of inflection, in geometry, the point where a curve begins to bend the contrary way.
INFLECTIVE
a.Having the power of bending; as the inflective quality of the air.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INFLECT
In *flect ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n.Inflecting. ] Etym: [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in. - in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex. ]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun ] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
INFLECTED
INFLECTED In *flect "ed, a.
1. Bent; turned; deflected.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. Inflected cycloid (Geom.), a prolate cycloid. See Cycloid.
INFLECTION
In *flec "tion, n. Etym: [L. inflexio: cf. F. inflexion. See Inflect. ][Written also inflecxion.]
1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram. )
Defn: The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
5. (Mus. ) (a ) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. (b ) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
6. (Opt. )
Defn: Same as Diffraction. Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways.
INFLECTIONAL
INFLECTIONAL In *flec "tion *al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection. Max Müller.
INFLECTIVE
INFLECTIVE In *flect "ive, a.
1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air. Derham.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc. ; subject to inflection. Inflective language (Philol.), a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. Agglutinative.
New American Oxford Dictionary
inflect
in flect |inˈflekt ɪnˈflɛkt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Grammar change the form of (a word ) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. • [ no obj. ] (of a word or a language containing such words ) undergo such change. 2 vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice ), esp. to express mood or feeling. • influence or color (music or writing ) in tone or style. • vary the pitch of (a musical note ). 3 technical bend or deflect (something ), esp. inward. DERIVATIVES in flec tive |-tiv |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 3 ): from Latin inflectere, from in- ‘into ’ + flectere ‘to bend. ’
inflection
in flec tion |inˈflekSHən ɪnˈflɛkʃən |(chiefly Brit. also inflexion ) ▶noun 1 Grammar a change in the form of a word (typically the ending ) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. • the process or practice of inflecting words. 2 the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice: she spoke slowly and without inflection | the variety of his vocal inflections. • the variation of the pitch of a musical note. 3 chiefly Mathematics a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve. DERIVATIVES in flec tion al |-SHənl |adjective, in flec tion al ly |-SHənl -ē |adverb, in flec tion less adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of bending inward ’): from Latin inflexio (n- ), from the verb inflectere ‘bend in, curve ’ (see inflect ).
inflection point
in flec tion point ▶noun 1 (also point of inflection ) Mathematics a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. 2 (in business ) a time of significant change in a situation; a turning point.
Oxford Dictionary
inflect
in |flect |ɪnˈflɛkt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Grammar change the form of (a word ) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, and gender. • [ no obj. ] (of a word or language ) undergo inflection. 2 vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice ), especially to express mood or feeling. • vary the pitch of (a musical note ). • influence or colour (music or writing ) in tone or style. 3 technical bend or deflect (something ), especially inwards. DERIVATIVES inflective adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 3 ): from Latin inflectere, from in- ‘into ’ + flectere ‘to bend ’.
inflection
inflection |ɪnˈflɛkʃ (ə )n |(chiefly Brit. also inflexion ) ▶noun 1 Grammar a change in the form of a word (typically the ending ) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. • [ mass noun ] the process or practice of inflecting words. 2 [ mass noun ] the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice: she spoke slowly and without inflection | [ count noun ] : the variety of his vocal inflections. • the variation of the pitch of a musical note. 3 chiefly Mathematics a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve. DERIVATIVES inflectional adjective, inflectionally adverb, inflectionless adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of bending inwards ’): from Latin inflexio (n- ), from the verb inflectere ‘bend in, curve ’ (see inflect ).
inflection point
in |flec ¦tion point ▶noun 1 (also point of inflection ) Mathematics a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. 2 chiefly US (in business ) a time of significant change in a situation; a turning point.
American Oxford Thesaurus
inflection
inflection noun when I read my lines, he'd gently correct my pronunciation and inflection: stress, cadence, rhythm, accent, intonation, pitch, emphasis, modulation, lilt, tone.
Oxford Thesaurus
inflection
inflection noun 1 these distinctions are often encoded in verbal inflections: conjugation, declension; form, ending, case. 2 his voice was completely without inflection: stress, cadence, rhythm, accentuation, intonation, emphasis, modulation, metre, measure, rise and fall, swing, lilt, beat, change of pitch, change of tone, change of timbre. 3 technical a point of inflection: curving, curvature, bending, turning; curve, bend, turn, bow, crook, angle, arc, arch.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
inflect
in flect /ɪnflékt /動詞 他動詞 1 〘文法 〙…を屈折 [語形変化 ]させる .2 〈声の高さ 〉を変える .3 …を曲げる, 屈曲 [屈折 ]させる .自動詞 1 〘文法 〙〈単語が 〉屈折変化する ; 〈言語が 〉屈折変化する語を持つ .2 〈声の高さが 〉変わる .
inflected
in fl é ct ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〘文法 〙〈言語が 〉屈折変化のある ; 〈単語が 〉屈折変化した .
inflection
in flec tion ｟英 ｠-flex ion /ɪnflékʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 〘文法 〙(単語の )屈折変化 ; C (単語の )屈折変化する部分 .2 C U ｟書 ｠(声の )高低, 抑揚 ; 口調, なまり .3 U C 屈曲, 屈折 .～al 形容詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary