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noun
Dated spelling of deflection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, divagation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn, turning
Narrower terms: red herring
noun
the property of being bent or deflected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deflection, bending
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical property
Narrower terms: windage, wind deflection, refractivity, refractiveness
noun
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deflection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
noun
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deflection, refraction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bending, bend
History
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