point of inflection

English

inflection point at the center

Alternative forms

inflection point

Noun

point of inflection (plural points 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.

Synonyms

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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

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