Deflexion synonyms

dĭ-flĕk'shən

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deflection (related)
(--- Sports) A shot or pass that is sent without stopping in a different direction by a second offensive player.
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diversion
(Military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
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deviation
The difference between one number in a set and the mean of the set.
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digression
An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
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divagation
Straying off from a course or way
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bending
A motion or action that bends.
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refraction
Refraction is the bending of a light or sound wave, or the way the light bends when entering the eye to form an image on the retina.
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Deflexion Sentence Examples

  • The value of the constants P and Q can be obtained by making deflexion experiments at three distances.

  • A ray of light from a lamp is thrown on the mirror, whence it is reflected upon a white surface or scale set at a distance of about 3 ft., forming a bright spot on the surface; the slightest angular deflexion of the mirror, owing to its distance from the scale, moves the spot of light a very appreciable distance to the right or left according to the direction of the angular movement.

  • Its deflexion was observed by an attached mirror in the usual way.

  • At first a considerable current is indicated by the galvanometer; the deflexion soon diminishes, however, and finally becomes very small.

  • Taking disease to be a deflexion from the line of health, the first requisite of medicine is an extensive and intimate acquaintance with the norm of the body.

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