de-flection

noun

the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.

the deviation of the indicator of an instrument from the position taken as zero.

Optics. deviation ( def 5a ).

Military. the angle formed by the line of sight to the target and the line of sight to the point at which a gun is aimed so as to strike the target.

Electronics. (in a cathode-ray tube) the bending by a magnetic field of the beam of electrons leaving the electron gun.

Also, British, de·flex·ion.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Latin dēflexiōn- (stem of dēflexiō), equivalent to Latin dēflex(us) (past participle of dēflectere; see deflect) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

non·de·flec·tion, noun

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deflection or deflexion (dɪˈflɛkʃən)

—n
1.	the act of deflecting or the state of being deflected
2.	the amount of deviation
3.	the change in direction of a light beam as it crosses a boundary between two media with different refractive indexes
4.	a deviation of the indicator of a measuring instrument from its zero position
5.	the movement of a structure or structural member when subjected to a load

deflexion or deflexion

—n

de'flective or deflexion

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

deflection

also (and with more etymological propriety) deflexion, c.1600, from L. deflexionem, noun of action from deflectere (see deflect). Both forms were present 17c., but the spelling with -c- has come to predominate.

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Medical Dictionary

deflection de·flec·tion (dĭ-flěk'shən)
n.

A turning aside or deviation.
The deviation of an indicator in a measuring instrument, such as an electrocardiograph, from zero or from its normal position.

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