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de·flec·tion    Audio Help   [di-flek-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
2.amount of deviation.
3.the deviation of the indicator of an instrument from the position taken as zero.
4.Optics. deviation (def. 5a).
5.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.
6.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; < LL déflexiōn- (s. of déflexiō), equiv. to L déflex(us) (ptp. of déflectere; see deflect) + -iōn- -ion]
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de·flec·tion    Audio Help   (dĭ-flěk'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of deflecting or the condition of being deflected.
  2. Deviation or a specified amount of deviation.
  3. The deviation of an indicator of a measuring instrument from zero or from its normal position.
  4. The movement of a structure or structural part as a result of stress.

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deflection

noun
1. a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting 
2. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent 
3. the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position 
4. the property of being bent or deflected 
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" [syn: diversion

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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.

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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