Phrase guide

point of inflection

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: puntu d'inflexón — point on a curve
  • Catalan: punt d'inflexió — point on a curve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拐點 /拐点 (guǎidiǎn) — point on a curve
  • Dutch: buigpunt — point on a curve
  • Estonian: käänupunkt — point on a curve
  • Finnish: käännepiste — point on a curve
  • French: point d’inflexion — point on a curve
  • Galician: punto de inflexión — point on a curve
  • German: Wendepunkt — point on a curve
  • Greek: σημείο καμπής (simeío kampís) — point on a curve
  • Hungarian: inflexiós pont — point on a curve
  • Italian: punto di flesso — point on a curve
  • Japanese: 変曲点 (henkyokuten) — point on a curve
  • Korean: 변곡점 (byeon'gokjeom) — point on a curve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vendepunkt — point on a curve
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vendepunkt — point on a curve
  • Polish: punkt przegięcia — point on a curve
  • Portuguese: ponto de inflexão — point on a curve
  • Romanian: punct de inflexiune — point on a curve
  • Russian: то́чка переги́ба (tóčka peregíba) — point on a curve
  • Serbo-Croatian: točka infleksije — point on a curve
  • Spanish: punto de inflexión — point on a curve
  • Swedish: inflexionspunkt — point on a curve
  • Ukrainian: то́чка переги́ну (tóčka perehýnu) — point on a curve