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point of inflection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
point of in-flec-tion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.

Inflected Forms

points of inflection (plural) inflection point (alternative)

Synonyms

flex

Questions

What does point of inflection mean?
A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.

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