"point of inflection" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: points of inflection [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|points of inflection}} point of inflection (plural points of inflection)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: inflection point Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: flex, inflection point Translations (point on a curve): 拐點 (Chinese Mandarin), 拐点 (guǎidiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), buigpunt [neuter] (Dutch), käänupunkt (Estonian), käännepiste (Finnish), point d’inflexion [masculine] (French), Wendepunkt [masculine] (German), σημείο καμπής (simeío kampís) [neuter] (Greek), inflexiós pont (Hungarian), punto di flesso [masculine] (Italian), 変曲点 (henkyokuten) (alt: へんきょくてん) (Japanese), 변곡점 (byeon'gokjeom) (Korean), vendepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vendepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), punkt przegięcia [masculine] (Polish), ponto de inflexão [masculine] (Portuguese), punct de inflexiune [neuter] (Romanian), то́чка переги́ба (tóčka peregíba) [feminine] (Russian), točka infleksije [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), punto de inflexión [masculine] (Spanish), inflexionspunkt [common-gender] (Swedish), то́чка переги́ну (tóčka perehýnu) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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