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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Deflection VS inflection
Are deflection and inflection opposites of eachother? And can you briefly tell me what they mean?
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Deflect (verb) means to change the path of something moving. ) The bullet was deflected by the post and did not hit the target. The deflection of the bullet saved his life.
- Deflect (verb) means to change the path of something moving.
- ) The bullet was deflected by the post and did not hit the target.
- The deflection of the bullet saved his life.
- Inflect (verb) is a grammatical term.
- ).
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Deflect (verb) means to change the path of something moving. (Deflection is the noun - the act being deflected.)
The bullet was deflected by the post and did not hit the target.
The deflection of the bullet saved his life.
Inflect (verb) is a grammatical term. It means to add prefixes or suffixes to a word or otherwise change its "shape" to indicate its syntactic function (ca
The bullet was deflected by the post and did not hit the target.
The deflection of the bullet saved his life.
Inflect (verb) is a grammatical term. It means to add prefixes or suffixes to a word or otherwise change its "shape" to indicate its syntactic function (ca
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