Definitions
1.NounThe linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features."In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.; The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.; English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.; Recite every inflection for each of these words."
2.NounAny specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms."The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages."
3.NounAn affix representing a given variation."English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s."
4.NounAny specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation."Recite every inflection for each of these words."
5.NounA change in pitch or tone of voice.
6.NounA change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
7.NounA turning away from a straight course."inflection from the rules"
8.NounDiffraction.