LEO:
inflectionAE point [math.] --- der Wendepunkt
inflexionBE point [math.] --- der Wendepunktmarker - to turn at --- der Wendepunkt
point of contraflexure [engin.] --- der Wendepunkt
point of inflectionAE --- der Wendepunkt
point of inflexionBE --- der Wendepunkt reversal point --- der Wendepunkt
turning point also [math.] --- der Wendepunkt
watershed --- der Wendepunkt
turning point [math.] --- der Extrempunkt
turning point --- die Wende
turning point also [math.] --- der Wendepunkt
step turning point [engin.] --- die Stufenwendelinie
turning-point in a curve --- stationäres Abknicken [Statistik]
turning point in history --- die Zeitwende
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictio...turning point
1. important moment of change: a time or incident that marks the beginning of a completely new, and usually better, stage in somebody's life or in the development of something
2.
point on curve: a minimum or maximum point on a plane curvehttp://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861692446/...U.K.
Same as inflection point
point of change on curve: a point on a curve at which the arc changes from convex to concave or vice versa