punto de inflexión — meaning in English
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English meaning
- inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- watershed noun The area of land that drains into a particular river, lake, or sea.
Senses
punto de inflexión is used for these senses in English:
- point of inflection (mathematics) 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.
- tipping point (mathematics, catastrophe theory, figuratively, by extension) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.
- turning point A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.
- watershed (figurative) A critical point marking a change in course or development.
inflection — full definition
- noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- noun An affix representing a given variation.
- noun Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
watershed — full definition
- noun The area of land that drains into a particular river, lake, or sea.
- noun A turning point or critical moment that marks a major change.
- adj Marking a major, defining change or development.