the act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.-a bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.-a slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.-the variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.-any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.-a departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.-same as diffraction.