- The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. - A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. - A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the
rising and the falling inflection. - The variation or change which words undergo to mark
case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. - Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice. - A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting. - Same as Diffraction.
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