Inflector
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Inflector is a noun meaning (linguistics) An affix that inflects the base form of a word.
Meaning
(linguistics) An affix that inflects the base form of a word.
More Meanings
- (physics) A device for bending a particle beam.
- (anatomy) A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards.
- Something that inflects or modulates.
Example Sentences
The scateni medii appear to act exclusively as lateral inflectors.
The inflectors of English are relatively few in number, so each has quite a high frequency of occurrence.
Although various type of inflectors are possible (see S 4.1), the choice was made on an electrostatic mirror for reason of simplicity and compactness.
The introduction of electrons into the chamber is accomplished by means of an iron antimagnetic channel with subsequent bending by electrically pulsed inflectors.
Word Forms
- inflectors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include formant, libfix, introflection, diffix, transfix, affricativization.
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