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Deflection
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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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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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