What does "deflectional" mean?

Of or pertaining to deflection.

What is a synonym for "deflectional"?

Common synonyms include: backhanded, circuitous, devious, digressive, divergent, excursive.

Deflectional

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to deflection.
"In this case the governing deflectional mode is symmetric and the critical load, denoted by qer, corresponds to the relative maximum (in absolute value) of Q for the load-displacement relation given by eqs."

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backhanded circuitous devious digressive divergent excursive

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"In this case the governing deflectional mode is symmetric and the critical load, denoted by qer, corresponds to the relative maximum (in absolute value) of Q for the load-displacement relation given by eqs."

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