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  1. n. 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.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Geom.) the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways.

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  • “Figure 5-2b shows that the crucial variable to predict is the number of adopters from the time of the prediction to the mean time of adoption, when a point of inflection occurs in the diffusion curve.”

    Simon & Schuster: Diffusion of Innovations

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  1. singular point
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  1. critical point
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