Deviating from a straight line. / (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word). / (linguistics) Having inflected word forms; fusional. / (botany) bent or curved inward or downward

simple past tense and past participle of inflect

(transitive) To cause to curve inwards. / (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

(grammar, uncountable) Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories. / (grammar, countable) An instance of such change.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflect

present participle of inflect

plural of inflection

(grammar) Of or pertaining to inflection. / (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

(linguistics) That can be inflected.

(grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection. / Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.