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• n  a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
• n  the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
• n  deviation from a straight or normal course
• n  a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

• Unfortunately, in this recession, we haven't reached the inflection point yet.
• I know that you're writing this piece in sarcasm, but it has a really odd inflection about it, as if you don't really personally know these things about us.
• In casual conversation, emotional stuffing is lent to words by inflection and gesture: the innocent phrase, "Thanks a lot," is frequently a vehicle for heaping servings of .

• inflexion
• prosody
• flection
• flexion
• modulation

News & Articles

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• Relay for Life planned for Saturday, Sunday at Al Quaal
  MARQUETTE - Don Fassbender's new Relay for Life team chose the name A Cup Half Full. "It seemed to be inspirational in its meaning and inflection," Fassbender said. "It's what we feel. We hope to make a difference by being part of relay.
  June 13, 2013 - The Mining Journal
• Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Gleams with an Advertorial Slickness
  A good talker can be a mixed blessing for the documentary biographer. Tabloid 's Joyce McKinney, for instance, the beauty queen alleged to have abducted and raped a Mormon missionary in the 1970s, proved hypnotically chatty. Every nutty tangent and girlish inflection, as presented by Errol...
  June 11, 2013 - The Village Voice
• VIDEO: Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" TEASES Season Two — Will YOU Be Tuning In?
  If there's one comedian that is instantly recognizable for his mode of delivery, voice inflection and a show about nothing, it's Jerry Seinfeld. Much like other famed comedians, Seinfeld is a car guy. But he's not your standard sort of car guy. He's a bit...different.
  June 8, 2013 - Auto Spies

Quotes

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• Jean-Claude Trichet in guardian.co.uk
  We are, as far as growth is concerned, around the inflection point in the cycle,said European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.
• Ray Ozzie in Reuters
  Google's success very clearly caused an inflection point within the industry and within Microsoft,Ozzie said in a question-and-answer session monitored online.
• Steve Ballmer in Financial Times (subscription)
  We are investing together because the communications industry is at an inflection point,Mr Ballmer said at the time of the deal with Nortel.