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