A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.

synoniem: inflection.

Roget 140: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break.    transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization [Chem]; transubstantiation; [Genetics], mutagenesis transanimation^†, transmigration, metempsychosis^†; avatar; alterative.    conversion etc. (gradual change) 144; revolution etc. (sudden or radical change) 146, inversion etc. (reversal) 218; displacement etc. 185; transference etc. 270.    changeableness etc. 149; tergiversation etc. (change of mind) 607.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 245: curvature, curvity^†, curvation^†; incurvature^†, incurvity^†; incurvation^†; bend; flexure, flexion, flection^†; conflexure^†; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^†; inflection, inflexion^†; concameration^†; arcuation^†, devexity^†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^†, recurvation^†; sinuosity etc. 248.    kink.    carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary^†, festoon; conchoid^†, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.    sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity etc. 217.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: vervoeging, buigpunt, declinatie, ombuiging, verbuiging
Pools: odmiana, fleksja