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CircumflectingCircumflect Cir"cum*flect, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L.
circumflectere. See Circumflex.]
1. To bend around.
2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] CircumflectionCircumflection Cir`cum*flec"tion, n.
See Circumflexion. DeflectingDeflect De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend
or turn. See Flexible.]
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630). Deflectionization
Deflectionization De*flec`tion*i*za"tion, n.
The act of freeing from inflections. --Earle.
Deflectionize
Deflectionize De*flec"tion*ize, v. t.
To free from inflections.
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic.
--Earle.
DeflectiveDeflective De*flect"ive, a.
Causing deflection.
Deflective forces, forces that cause a body to deviate from
its course. Deflective forcesDeflective De*flect"ive, a.
Causing deflection.
Deflective forces, forces that cause a body to deviate from
its course. FlectionFlection Flec"tion, n. [See Flexion.]
1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.
2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or
conjugation; inflection. Flectional
Flectional Flec"tion*al, a.
Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. --Earle.
InflectingInflect In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
+ flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations;
to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a
verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice. InflectionInflection In*flec"tion, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion.
See Inflect.] [Written also inflecxion.]
1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the
rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to
mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person,
mood, voice, etc.
5. (Mus.)
(a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice.
(b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting.
6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction.
Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of
which a curve bends in contrary ways. Inflectional
Inflectional In*flec"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by,
inflection. --Max M["u]ller.
InflectiveInflective In*flect"ive, a.
1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as,
the inflective quality of the air. --Derham.
2. (Gram.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or
change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to
inflection.
Inflective language (Philol.), a language like the Greek or
Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable
terminations or suffixes which were once independent
words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike,
headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf.
Agglutinative. Inflective languageInflective In*flect"ive, a.
1. Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as,
the inflective quality of the air. --Derham.
2. (Gram.) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or
change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to
inflection.
Inflective language (Philol.), a language like the Greek or
Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable
terminations or suffixes which were once independent
words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike,
headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf.
Agglutinative. Irreflection
Irreflection Ir`re*flec"tion, n.
Want of reflection.
Irreflective
Irreflective Ir`re*flect"ive, a.
Not reflective. --De Quincey.
Noninflectional
Noninflectional Non`in*flec"tion*al, a.
Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
Point of inflectionInflection In*flec"tion, n. [L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion.
See Inflect.] [Written also inflecxion.]
1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the
rising and the falling inflection.
4. (Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to
mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person,
mood, voice, etc.
5. (Mus.)
(a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the
voice.
(b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in
chanting.
6. (Opt.) Same as Diffraction.
Point of inflection (Geom.), the point on opposite sides of
which a curve bends in contrary ways. ReflectingReflect Re*flect" (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
quotations. --Fuller.
Bodies close together reflect their own color.
--Dryden.
2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea
reflected is the sun. --Young. Reflectingly
Reflectingly Re*flect"ing*ly, adv.
With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. --Swift.
Superreflection
Superreflection Su`per*re*flec"tion, n.
The reflection of a reflected image or sound. [R.] --Bacon.
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