point of inflection
Noun
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Noun
point of inflection
- (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.
- French: point d’inflexion
- German: Wendepunkt
- Portuguese: ponto de inflexão
- Russian: то́чка переги́ба
- Spanish: punto de inflexión
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