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DEFLEXION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Example:
a deflection from his goal
Synonyms:
deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deflexion" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deflexion"):
red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
Derivation:
deflect (turn aside and away from an initial or intended course)
deflect (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being bent or deflected
Synonyms:
bending; deflection; deflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deflexion" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deflexion"):
wind deflection; windage (the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind)
refractiveness; refractivity (the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
Synonyms:
deflection; deflexion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deflexion" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The amount by which a propagating wave is bent
Synonyms:
deflection; deflexion; refraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("deflexion" is a kind of...):
bend; bending (movement that causes the formation of a curve)
