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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.

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

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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