[Middle English sedule, slip of parchment or paper, note, from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula, diminutive of scheda, variant of Latin scida, papyrus strip, from Greek skhida, skhedÄ; perhaps akin to skhizein, to split; see schizo-.] schedâ²uÂ·lar adj.
Grammatical inflection (sometimes known as accidence or flection in more traditional grammars) is the way in which a word is changed or altered in form in order to achieve a new, specific meaning.
In contrast to inflection, derivation. 1  is not obligatory. 2  typically produces a greater change of meaning from the original form, and. 3  is more likely to result in a form which has a somewhat idiosyncratic meaning.4  often changes the grammatical category of a root.n contrast to inflection, derivation. 1  is not obligatory. 2  typically produces a greater change of meaning from the original form, and. 3  is more likely to result in a form which has a somewhat idiosyncratic meaning. 4  often changes the grammatical category of a root.