[di-flek-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| de·flex·ion (dĭ-flěk'shən) n. Chiefly British Variant of deflection. |
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.