Part 5824

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; <as>as, the rising and the falling <ex>inflection</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Diffraction</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Point of inflection</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inflectional</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.</def>

<i>Max M\'81ller.</i>

<h1>Inflective</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; <as>as, the <ex>inflective</ex> quality of the air</as>.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.</def>

<cs><col>Inflective language</col> <fld>(Philol.)</fld>, <cd>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, <i>manlike<i>, <i>headache<i>, and inflective, as, <i>he<i>, <i>his<i>, <i>him<i>. Cf. <er>Agglutinative</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inflesh</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flesh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To incarnate.</def>

<h1>Inflex</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Flex</er>, <er>Inflect</er>.]</ety> <def>To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.</def>

<i>J. Philips.</i>

<h1>Inflexed</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flexed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Turned; bent.</def>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.</def>

<h1>Inflexibility</h1> <Xpage=760>

<hw>In*flex"i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>inflexibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>inflexibility</b> of mechanism. <i>A. Baxter.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That grave <b>inflexibility</b> of soul. <i>Churchill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The purity and <b>inflexibility</b> of their faith. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inflexible</h1> <Xpage=760>