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inflection: deviation from a straight or normal course; a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

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diction collapse

ell collapse: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

zag collapse

word formation collapse

flex collapse: the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"; cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"; bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"; contract; "flex a muscle"; exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

morpheme collapse: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

flexure collapse: the state of being flexed (as of a joint)

flection collapse

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

bifurcation collapse: the act of splitting into two branches; the place where something divides into two branches; a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

quoin collapse: the keystone of an arch; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

paradigm collapse: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

affixation collapse: formation of a word by means of an affix; the result of adding an affix to a root word

nook collapse: a sheltered and secluded place

dogleg collapse: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway; angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

deflection collapse: the property of being bent or deflected; the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

crotchet collapse: a small tool or hooklike implement

affix collapse: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form; attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"; attach to; "affix the seal here"

knee collapse: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee; hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

suffix collapse: an affix that is added at the end of the word; attach a suffix to; "suffix words"

modulation collapse: the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect); (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase; a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

infix collapse: an affix that is inserted inside the word; attach a morpheme into a stem word

coin collapse: a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money; make up; "coin phrases or words"

prefix collapse: an affix that is added in front of the word; attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"

meander collapse: a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

formative collapse: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function; forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"; capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"; susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"

apex collapse: the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

declension collapse: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"; the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

fork collapse: cutlery used for serving and eating food; an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs; the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"; shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"; place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

chevron collapse: an inverted V-shaped charge; V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"

elbow collapse: the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow; the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint; "his coat had patches over the elbows"; a sharp bend in a road or river; a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it; hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped; shove one's elbow into another person's ribs; push one's way with the elbows

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