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    DEFLEXION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)play

    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 deflectedplay

    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 positionplay

    Synonyms:

    deflection; deflexion

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    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 bentplay

    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)

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