| Pronunciation: | | di'flekshun
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- [n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- [n] the property of being bent or deflected
- [n] the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
- [n] the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
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| | Synonyms: | | bending, deflection, deflection, deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion, refraction |
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| | See Also: | | bend, bending, motion, movement, physical property, red herring, refractiveness, refractivity, turn, turning, wind deflection, windage |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*flex"ion\, n.
See {Deflection}.
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