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deflection
Found in thesaurus: aberrancy, aberration, deviance, aberrance, bending, bend, movement, motion, physical property, turn, turning
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deflection
n.
deviation, diversion, turning aside
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Deflection
Deflection or deflexion may refer to:
- Deflection (ballistics), a technique of shooting ahead of a moving target so that the target and projectile will collide
- Deflection (engineering), the displacement of a structural element under load
- Deflection (physics), the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane surface
- Deflexion (linguistics), a linguistic process related to inflectional languages
- Electrostatic deflection, a technique for modifying the path of charged particles by the use of an electric field
- Deflection (chess), a tactic that forces an opposing chess piece to leave a square
- Khet (game), an Egyptian-themed chess-like abstract strategy board game using lasers, formerly known as Deflexion
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deflection
Noun
1. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
(synonym) warp
(hypernym) aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
2. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
(synonym) deflexion, refraction
(hypernym) bending, bend
3. the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
(synonym) deflexion
(hypernym) movement, motion
4. the property of being bent or deflected
(synonym) deflexion, bending
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) windage, wind deflection
5. 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"
(synonym) diversion, deviation, digression, deflexion, divagation
(hypernym) turn, turning
(hyponym) red herring
(derivation) deflect, bend, turn away
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déflection
nf.
diffraction, process of breaking up or bending waves (especially light or sound waves)
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deflection
n.
vychýlení; odchylka
