"inflective" meaning in English

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        "(grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection."
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          "ref": "1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "inflective quality of the air",
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