inflexão
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnflexiō, īnflexiōnem.
Noun
inflexão f (plural inflexões)
- inflection (change in pitch or tone of voice)
- Synonym: entonação
- (mathematics) inflection (change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave)
- inflection (turning away from a straight course)
- Synonym: desvio
- (grammar) inflection (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)
- Synonym: flexão