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To: Robert Douglas who wrote (21255)	3/4/1999 2:58:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Robert, Thanks- I did not know that. You learn something new every day:-) BK

To: Robert Douglas who wrote (21255)	3/4/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: dwight martin	Respond to of 25960

The term, "inflection point" has indeed become a buzzword, used to approximate the meaning of a thought, or in some cases (in the words of John Hughes) to indicate a "lump in the mind." The term has had a precise meaning though, for 100 years in architecture and engineering (and also more recently to describe changes in the curvature of graphs, esp. graphs of mathematical functions). In 1958, Webster's 2d International gave it the following meaning: The point on a structural member subjected to flexure at which the direction of curvature changes and at which the bending moment is zero; -- also called the point of contraflexure. EDIT: Right on, Zeev and Robert! Bit of pedantry for today.