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inflection

in.flec.tion \in-'flek-sh*n\ n 1: the act or result of curving or bending  
   2: change in pitch or loudness of the voice  3a: the change of form that 
   words undergo to mark such distinctions as thos e of case, gender, number, 
   tense, person, mood, or voice 3b: a form, suffix, or element involved in 
   such variation  3c: ACCIDENCE  4a: change of curvature with respect to a 
   fixed line from concave to convex  or conversely 4b: the point where such a 
   change takes place