'Deflection' definitions:
Definition of 'deflection'
(from WordNet)
noun
A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting [syn: deflection, warp]
noun
The amount by which a propagating wave is bent [syn: deflection, deflexion, refraction]
noun
The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position [syn: deflection, deflexion]
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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" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
Definition of 'Deflection'
From: GCIDE
- Deflection \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. [1913 Webster]
- The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. --Lowth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gunnery) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Opt.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Engin.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deflection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- S-curve,
- scatter,
- sea clutter,
- skewness,
- spoil,
- squint,
- superrefraction,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- torsion,
- transverseness,
- turn,
- turning,
- twisting,
- vagary,
- veer,
- veering,
- vertex,
- violate,
- zag,
- zig,
- zigzag