deflection
the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
amount of deviation.
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.
Origin of deflection
1- Also British, de·flex·ion .
Other words from deflection
- non·de·flec·tion, noun
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How to use deflection in a sentence
In the Sanskrit plays we find deflexions from the standard language, put into the mouths of some of the subordinate characters.
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British Dictionary definitions for deflection
deflexion
/ (dɪˈflɛkʃən) /
the act of deflecting or the state of being deflected
the amount of deviation
the change in direction of a light beam as it crosses a boundary between two media with different refractive indexes
a deviation of the indicator of a measuring instrument from its zero position
the movement of a structure or structural member when subjected to a load
Derived forms of deflection
- deflective, adjective
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