Definition of deflections Deflections

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Noun Plural: deflections
deflection - the property of being bent or deflected
		deflexion, bending
		physical property any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
		wind deflection, windage the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
deflection - a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
		warp
		aberrance, aberrancy, deviance, aberration a state or condition markedly different from the norm
deflection - the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
		deflexion
deflection - the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
		deflexion, refraction
deflection - 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"
		diversion, deviation, digression, deflexion, divagation
		turning, turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"

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deflection (Noun)
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
deflection (Noun)
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

deflection (n.)
The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.
deflection (n.)
The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
deflection (n.)
A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
deflection (n.)
The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

deflection
In magnetism the movement out of the plane of the magnetic meridian of a magnetic needle, due to disturbance by or attraction towards a mass of iron or another magnet.

deflection
The tendency of a ship from her true course; the departure of the magnetic needle from its true bearing, when influenced by iron or the local attraction of the mass. In artillery, the deviation of a shot from the direction in which it is fired. The term is usually reserved to lateral deviations, especially those resulting from irregular causes--those constant ones due to the regular motion of rifled projectiles coming under either of the designations "constant deflection," "derivation," borrowed from the French, or "drift," from the Americans. These latter, according to the direction usually given to the rifling in the present day, all tend away to the right, though they include some subordinate curves not yet distinctly determined.