different between inflection vs uninflected

For inflection templates, see Wiktionary:Inflection templates.

English

Alternative forms

• inflexion

Etymology

From the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexio, inflexionis (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fl?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: in?flec?tion

Noun

inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)

1. (grammar) A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories.

2. A change in pitch or tone of voice.

3. (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
4. A turning away from a straight course.

5. (optometry) diffraction

Synonyms

• flection, flexion

Hyponyms

• (grammar): conjugation
• (grammar): declension, declination

Related terms

• inflect
• inflected

Translations

English

Etymology

un- +? inflected

Adjective

uninflected (not comparable)

1. (of a language) That which does not use inflection.
2. (of a word) That which has not been inflected.
   • 1955: Geoffrey Chaucer, Richard Middlewood Wilson, Simon Bredon, Derek John de Solla Price, and Peterhouse (University of Cambridge) Library, The Equatorie of the Planetis, page 161 (Cambridge University Press)

     It seems that many such technical words (grada, minuta, introitus) were left in the uninflected state when contracted in any customary form such as we have […]

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