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inflection point

[ in-flek-shuhn point ]

noun

  1. Also called flex point [fleks, point], Mathematics. a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
  2. 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inflection point1

First recorded in 1715–25
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And after years of struggles, workers say the industry is at an inflection point.

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"Ground-based light pollution has been growing with urbanization, but there's an inflection point just a couple of years ago due to the arrival of LED lights, which have made it much easier to make much more light with less energy," astronomer James Lowenthal, also a dark skies advocate and professor of astronomy in Northampton, Massachusetts, told Salon in a video interview.

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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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