Definition of Inflectors

1. inflector [n] - See also: inflector

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflectors

inflectable
inflected
inflecting
inflection
inflection point
inflection points
inflectional
inflectional ending
inflectional morphology
inflectional suffix
inflectionally
inflectionless
inflections
inflective
inflector
inflectors (current term)
inflects
inflesh
infleshed
infleshes
infleshing
inflex
inflexed
inflexes
inflexibilities
inflexibility
inflexible
inflexibleness
inflexibly
inflexing

Literary usage of Inflectors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1798)
"... for futurity is adequately betokened by the situation of the chief inflectors, the fragments of pronouns; and according to Pettit, the formations of the ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... toughness, and elasticity are the qualities of the skeleton most essential to the shark: to yield to the contraction of the lateral inflectors, ..."

3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... to the contraction of the lateral inflectors, and aid in the recoil, are the functions which the spine is mainly required to fulfil in the act of ..."

4. The Redemption of Africa: A Story of Civilization, with Maps, Statistical by Frederic Perry Noble (1899)
"These prefixed particles, called indexes, inflectors or pronominal prefixes, comprise six or eight classes, and express ideas of agreement and relationship. ..."

5. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"skeleton most essential to the Shark: to yield to the contraction of the lateral inflectors and aid in the recoil are the functions which the spine is ..."

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