INFLECTION POINT Definition & Meaning

inflection point

[ in-flek-shuhn point ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of inflection point¹

First recorded in 1715–25

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Many talk of 2025 as an inflection point for Germany.

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This post-disaster period should be an inflection point for government officials to take a hard look at how to speed up much-needed housing everywhere across the city and county.

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That being said, I think we are now at an inflection point when the resistance needs to be much louder, bolder and more strategic, particularly given the overreach of the Trump Administration on issues such as freezing Federal grants, birthright citizenship and empowering an unelected billionaire to cause havoc and meddle with security information at the Treasury Department or seek to shut down USAID, an agency that does such incredible good to build a safer and healthier world.

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But whatever motives you want to impute to the tens of millions of Americans who voted for the guy — and the millions and millions more around the world who look at him and say, oh yes king — they have led us to this national inflection point.

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“The population has grown significantly, and we’re really at an inflection point where the number of animals that are reproducing on the landscape is significant,” Hunnicutt said.

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