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flexion, inflection, flection | deviation from a straight or normal course | |
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prosody, inflection | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | |
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modulation, inflection | a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | |
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inflection, inflexion | a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function |