Decline and Inflection

Decline

Decline noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

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Inflection and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inflection" instead a noun "Decline".

Inflection noun - Something that curves or is curved.

Usage example: the inflection of the river is even more obvious when viewed from the summit of the nearby mountain

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Decline and inflection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a noun "Inflection".

Nearby Words: inflected, inflexion, inflective, inflectional, inflecting

similar	similar decline	similar inflection
vocal	vocal decline	vocal inflection
serious	serious decline	serious inflection
slight	slight decline	slight inflection
Other adjectives: quiet, dramatic, overall.

After an unspecified catastrophe known as the Great Mistake, humanity's best and brightest determined that the planet, while still habitable, had passed the "inflection point" and entered a terminal decline.

Source: Homeworld Evacuation

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