(v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
(v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
(v. t.) To modulate, as the voice.
Example Sentences:
(1) An initial complex-soma inflection was observed on the rising phase of the action potential of some cells.
(2) When she speaks, it is in a quiet, clear voice that is middle-class but also flat and London-inflected enough to seem almost classless: it is the voice of the modern southern English professional.
(3) We conclude from these six studies that: (a) BN presents a counter-example to the claim that non-fluent patients have particular difficulty with those aspects of morphology which have a syntactic function; (b) BN processes both derived and inflected words by mapping the sensory input onto the entire full-form of a complex word, but the semantic and syntactic content of the stem alone is accessed and integrated into the context.
(4) The Hill plots of all resonances of the imidazole rings, including the 15N resonances, show a small inflection in the pH range 5.8-6.4.
(5) Two of the three inflection points occurring in the voltammograms are invariant with changes in scan rate, pH, CO2, O2, and glucose.
(6) With prose that takes the English language and infuses it with inflections and a history that is uniquely Igbo, discernibly Nigerian and unmistakably African, Achebe's is a realism that ensures the enduring relevance of his fiction.
(7) We measured the pressure-volume curves (PV curves) of the lung simultaneously at three levels in the esophagus below the tracheal bifurcation using the three-short-balloon-catheter system in 11 normal seated men and compared the inflection points (IP's) of three PV curves with the closing volume (CV) on the single-breath nitrogen washout curve.
(8) Stimulation of secretion of preloaded 125I-mannose-N-acetyl-poly-D-lysine by mannose-BSA was more pronounced at lower temperatures with a sharp inflection point at 10 degrees C. These findings suggest that endosomes containing newly internalized mannose-BSA interact with the exocytosis pathway and enhance secretion of 125I-mannose-N-acetyl-poly-D-lysine from lysosomes.
(9) The inflection in plasma epinephrine shifted in an identical manner and occurred simultaneously with that of TLa (r = 0.97) regardless of the testing protocol or training status.
(10) As the Big Dog waltzed through a thicket of policy points, dropping drawl-inflected catchphrases, the teleprompter stuttered.
(11) The contours of the major components of the far-field CMAPs were frequently interrupted by a series of small amplitude negative and positive peaks or inflections.
(12) Surface tension graphs were similar to those of conventional surfactants, showing apparent critical micelle concentrations (cmc) at distinct inflection points.
(13) The absence of an inflection point show that surface EMG does not provide an indication of Tlac.
(14) The clear inflection point at 3 x 10(-6) M (25 degrees C) observed in the surface tension-concentration curve may not represent the CMC for the formation of multimolecular aggregates.
(15) Thermotolerance was identified from the appearance of an inflection in the survival curve or from the loss of heat resistance in the presence of chloramphenicol (CAM) or rifampicin.
(16) The use of the inflection point is discussed thoroughly, concluding that although it does not allow exclusion of the existence of genotypically different subgroups, the limitations of the data do not permit its use to determine the number of heterozygotes and thus the existence of polymorphism.
(17) On the other hand, the number of groups corresponding to the second inflection is slightly increased.
(18) Parameter estimates are obtained from estimates of the size and time at the point of inflection, the size and time at any other arbitrarily selected point, and the maximum size.
(19) The conversational features within the transcript included the interruptions, pauses, overlaps, inflections, and turn shapes as structured by the participants.
(20) Type II is a spike of short duration (mean 2.0 msec) with only an inflection on the falling phase.
Inflexion
Definition:
(n.) Inflection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using the mathematical concept of the first and second derivatives, the point of inflexion is obtained, and interpreted as that condition wherein the individual utilizes with maximum efficacy the ingested nitrogen; nitrogen ingestion, which corresponds to that point, is therefore taken as the dietary nitrogen recommendation for the individual.
(2) The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its annual World Energy Outlook , found that coal was “at an inflexion point” with a marked decline in consumption in the biggest market, China.
(3) Three parameters of Gompertz equation, mature size (A), rate of maturing (K) and inflexion point (e-1 A) were analyzed in relation to age of menarche.
(4) The moment of inflexion between both phases, TI, marked the onset of sedimentation of aggregates and corresponded very well with TA, at which time already 92-98% of the cells were aggregated as quantitated by microscopy.
(5) The temperature--activity relationship for the enzyme from 27 to 45 degrees C showed an Arrhenius plot with an inflexion at 36 degrees C. When 5-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde and NAD were used as variable substrates, the double reciprocal plots were all linear and the lines intersected at one point below the horizontal axis, suggesting that a sequential mechanism is operating.
(6) Plots of the magnitude of potentiation against the number of conditioning impulses would sometimes show an upward inflexion depending on the parameters of stimulation.
(7) The following parameters of spinal motoneurones showed no significant differences between normal and dystrophic mice: resting and action potentials, the amplitude and duration of after-hyperpolarization, rheobasic current for excitation, threshold for excitation of the somadendritic membrane (IS-SD inflexion) and input resistance.
(8) Flexion of the trunk is the most stressing; walking, rotations and lateral inflexions increase only moderately the intradiscal pressure.
(9) This inflexion point was displaced to the right by ouabain.2.
(10) An inflexion point of enzyme activity at 38 - 42 degrees C of the bovine serum amineoxidase was found.
(11) The curve illustrating the number of surviving subjects in relation to the time which had elapsed since the injury displayed two definite and two indicated inflexions suggesting increased lethality.
(12) The best retention is the immobility of the arm by inflexion of 90 grade.
(13) The Arrhenius plots showed inflexions at about 22 degrees C, as with the free enzyme, the changes in slope being small at the pH optimum of about 5.9 and becoming much more pronounced as the pH is increased or decreased.
(14) These inflexions represent a change in the reaction kinetics, possibly a conformational change in the enzyme.
(15) Volumetric titration of aqueous solutions of haematoporphyrin IX (HP) yields two inflexion points, whereas four pK values can be obtained via mathematical fitting of the experimental data.
(16) The initial wave was positive with an inflexion on the rising phase and was followed by a shallow rather longer lasting negative potential.3.
(17) There was a fast initial drop in tension followed by a change of slope and a definite inflexion on the tension record.
(18) Adenylate kinase of pig muscle was inactivated by IIc in a manner similar to the rabbit and carp enzymes except that the rate of inactivation exhibited an inflexion.
(19) When the activation energies were calculated both isoenzyme preparations exhibited several points of inflexion, in each case occuring at the same temperatures.
(20) The relationship was linear at low pressures and a point of inflexion occurred at higher pressures in the majority of fibres.5.