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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

inflection [ɪn 'flεkʃən] [ɪn 'flekʃən]
  1. 1. noun （向内）弯曲；屈折
  2. 2. noun 弯曲处，弯曲部分，曲折部
  3. 3. noun 转调，变音
    to signal a question by a rising inflection
    用升调表示一个疑问句
  4. 4. noun 反弯曲
  5. 5. noun [grammar] 屈折变化（某些词表示数、格、性、时态等语法关系时所发生的词形变化）
  6. 6. noun [grammar] （词的）屈折变化形式
  7. 7. noun [grammar] 屈折的成分（如英语中用于构成名词复数和所有格的形式，ships，ship's；以及动词的过去时和第三人称单数现在时陈述语气，he shipped，he ships）

Collins English-English Dictionary

inflection [ɪn'flεkʃən]
  1. 1. n modulation of the voice
  2. 2. n [Grammar] a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case
  3. 3. n an angle or bend
  4. 4. n the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected
  5. 5. n [maths] a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa - See also point of inflection
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Examples

to signal a question by a rising inflection
用升调表示一个疑问句 → inflection
point of inflection → point

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