point of inflection

point of inflection

English

inflection point at the center

Alternative forms

• inflection point

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• flex

Translations

point on a curve

Chinese: Mandarin: 拐點 (zh), 拐点 (zh) (guǎidiǎn) Estonian: käänupunkt Finnish: käännepiste (fi) French: point d’inflexion (fr) m German: Wendepunkt (de) m Greek: σημείο καμπής (el) n (simeío kampís) Hungarian: inflexiós pont (hu) Japanese: 変曲点 (へんきょくてん, henkyokuten)

Korean: 변곡점 (ko) (byeongogjeom) Norwegian: Bokmål: vendepunkt (no) n Nynorsk: vendepunkt n Portuguese: ponto de inflexão m Russian: то́чка переги́ба f (tóčka peregíba) Serbo-Croatian: točka infleksije f Spanish: punto de inflexión (es) m Swedish: inflexionspunkt (sv) c