Deflection
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
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Senses
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a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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the property of being bent or deflected
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the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
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a twist or aberration
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bendingdeflexiondigressionrefractionwarp
- plural
- Deflections
- possessive
- Deflection's
- pluralpossessive
- Deflections'