Deflector

Synonyms for "deflector" (16 found)

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Noun(4 words)
deflection platedeviatordiverterdodger

Related words (8)

Noun(8 words)
electrostatic deflectorevaderguideparticle accelerator steererredirecting plateredirectorscreenshield

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air deflectorair vanebeam deflectordebaterdeflector plateduct lipelectric deflectorelectrostatic deflectorflaplouvermagnetic deflectorpoliticianpublic figurerain deflectorsplash deflectorspokesperson

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air deflectordeflector platedeflector shieldheat deflectorrain deflectorwind deflector

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Once the asteroids are spotted and their orbits determined, an earthbound asteroid can be nudged slightly off course with a satellite deflector or a high velocity projectile, or blown up with nuclear weapons, causing it to miss its deadly rendezvous.

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1992 Nasa Patents Available for Licensing from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center The deflector assembly contains a plurality of vanes which change the direction of the solar energy to the vertical, while constantly keeping the same side of the deflector facing the sun.

Source: wiktionary

The blasters are those beams of ravening destruction which take care of recalcitrant meteorites in a spaceship's course when the deflectors can't handle them.

Source: wiktionary

Deflectors say there's something there, sensors say there isn't. Density negative. Radiation negative. Energy negative.

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