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Deflection

Deflection Meaning & Definition
Deflection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deflection?

[n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
[n] the property of being bent or deflected
[n] the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
[n] the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
[n] a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deflection: bending | deflexion | deflexion | deflexion | deviation | digression | divagation | diversion | refraction | warp

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deflection: aberration | angle | apex | atmospheric attenuation | bend | bending | bifurcation | bight | blind spots | bow | bowing | cant | chevron | circuitousness | clutter | coin | conflexure | corner | crank | crook | crosswiseness | crotchet | declination | defile | deflexure | deflower | departing | departure | deviance | deviation | deviousness | diagonality | diffraction | diffusion | digression | dispersion | distortion | divagation | divergence | diversion | dogleg | elbow | ell | excursion | false echoes | flection | flex | flexure | force | fork | furcation | geanticline | geosyncline | ground clutter | hairpin turn | hook | indirection | indirectness | inflection | knee | L | meander | nonconformity | nook | obliqueness | obliquity | outrage | oxbow | point | quoin | ravish | reflection | refraction | scatter | S-curve | sea clutter | skewness | spoil | squint | superrefraction | sweep | swerve | swerving | torsion | transverseness | turn | turning | twisting | vagary | veer | veering | vertex | violate | zag | zig | zigzag

See Also | aberrance | aberrancy | aberration | bend | bending | deviance | motion | movement | physical property | red herring | refractiveness | refractivity | turn | turning | wind deflection | windage

Deflection In Webster's Dictionary

\De*flec"tion\, n. [L. deflexio, fr. deflectere: cf. F. d['e]flexion.] 1. The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. --Lowth. 2. (Gunnery) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. 3. (Opt.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. 4. (Engin.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

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