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inflection point
[ in-flek-shuhn point ]
noun
- Also called flex point [fleks, point], Mathematics. a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- a point at which a major or decisive change takes place; critical point:
We’re at an inflection point where we’ll see the technology move forward at a much faster pace.
Word History and Origins
Origin of inflection point1
Example Sentences
This autumn marks an inflection point for Olympic organizers as they transition from planning to the nuts-and-bolts of getting things done.
In an interview after he rallied for Democratic congressional candidates two days before the election, Newsom didn’t want to discuss the reality of the election as a critical inflection point in his own political future.
“There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,” DeVos wrote in her letter of resignation to the president.
Fifty years later, as we sit at another inflection point in our nation’s history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre can still offer us a way to understand the dynamics of this moment—and possibly the next.
In Slow Burn’s 10th season, host Josh Levin takes you back to a crucial inflection point in American history: the moment between 2000 and 2004 when Fox News first surged to power and a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.
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