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Deflection
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- 1 The act of deflecting or something deflected. countable, uncountable
"Russell's goalbound shot took a deflection off a defender and went out for a corner."
- 2 a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) wordnet
- 3 Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position. countable, uncountable
"At about the time that #1 tyre failed, the Flight Data Recorder shows right rudder deflection. This may have been applied to correct a yaw to the left. (Traces of the left main gear on the runway show that the nose wheels were to the right of the centreline and never crossed it.) About 500 metres from the threshold, the inner wheels of the left main gear bogie had closed from about 2 1⁄2 metres to about one metre to the left of the centreline; this may have been because of over-correction for a tendency to yaw to the left or weather-cocking because of the surface wind. Whatever the reason, the actual deviation would probably have been considered insignificant to the cockpit crew."
- 4 the property of being bent or deflected wordnet
- 5 The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.). countable, figuratively, uncountable
"“‘I’m focused on the future’ is one of the most generic store-brand fuckboy deflections there is,” Oliver fumed."
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- 6 the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position wordnet
- 7 The act of rejecting culpability by redirecting blame elsewhere. countable, uncountable
- 8 the amount by which a propagating wave is bent wordnet
- 9 Bending or deformation under load. countable, uncountable
"The structure was examined and passed by the Board of Trade in February, 1890, after it had been tested with two trains of 50 loaded wagons, each hauled by two engines, and pushed by a third. The trains ran side by side, and their combined weight, including the six engines, was 1,800 tons. The deflections of the girders were precisely in accordance with the calculations of the engineers."
- 10 a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting wordnet
- 11 A tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Latin dēflexiō, from dēflectere (“to deflect”; participle stem dēflex-) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). The non-etymological spelling deflection is taken from the present stem dēflect-, associated with collection, dissection, etc. By surface analysis, deflect + -ion.
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