Definitions for deflection

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deflection de·flec·tion

Spelling: [dih-flek-shuh n]

IPA: /dɪˈflɛk ʃən/

Deflection is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 620 anagrams from letters in deflection (cdeefilnot).

Definitions for deflection

noun

1. the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
2. amount of deviation.
3. the deviation of the indicator of an instrument from the position taken as zero.
4. Optics. deviation (def 5a).
5. Military. the angle formed by the line of sight to the target and the line of sight to the point at which a gun is aimed so as to strike the target.
6. Electronics. (in a cathode-ray tube) the bending by a magnetic field of the beam of electrons leaving the electron gun.

Origin of deflection

1595-1605; Late Latin dēflexiōn- (stem of dēflexiō), equivalent to Latin dēflex(us) (past participle of dēflectere; see deflect) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for deflection

If the continuity were broken, no deflection would be observed.

The deflection of the centers at the crown was a maximum of 3¼ ins.

The deflection of the needle will, of course, reverse when the current is reversed.

And they owe their deflection to the presence of large continents.

The larger problem though is the deflection of the real story in STDs.

Its readings for elevation and deflection, east count of its scales.

Over the past couple of years, as the new reality has settled in, there was a great deal of denial and deflection.

The alternative to sober, constructive constitutional action is denial, deflection, and death.

I adjusted my coat controls for warmth and deflection, but that was the best I could do.

We must get a sense of level, of balance, and then we notice a deflection.