inflector

noun4

1. •
   A device for bending a particle beam.

   • The introduction of electrons into the chamber is accomplished by means of an iron antimagnetic channel with subsequent bending by electrically pulsed inflectors. — 1967
2. •
   A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards.

   • The scateni medii appear to act exclusively as lateral inflectors. — 1825
3. •
   Something that inflects or modulates.

   • Since, in general, bodies that are good radiators are poor inflectors and good absorbers, and vice versa., — 1919
4. •
   An affix that inflects the base form of a word.

   • These modulants are inflectors of roots to allow them to serve as descriptors, and modulation is desirable because the root form may be retrieved without the modulant when making a generic search. — 1956