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Meanings of deflection in English

Portuguese
digressão
Catalan
refracció
Spanish
desviación

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

digressão
Spanish
deflexión
Catalan
deflexió

Change in an object's velocity as a consequence of collision with a surface.

deflexión

A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting.

Usage of deflection in English
1
I note that the news media are calling this deflection Operation Deliverance.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
2
The same law of deflection is shown, in smaller angles, in Fig.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
3
At higher energy and current, the grid was melted by beam deflection.
Pubmed
4
His low shot flew in after five minutes via a slight deflection.
The Guardian
5
No continuance of the battery current caused any deflection of the galvanometer-needle.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
6
If the depth is tripled the deflection is one twenty-seventh as great.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
7
His well-taken free-kick went in via a slight deflection off Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
The South African
8
The body resists this deflection, and this resistance is its centrifugal force.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
9
The ball trickled past Moorhouse following a slight deflection off a defender.
Reuters
10
This is due to the tiny deflection caused by the Earth's rotation.
The Irish Times
11
Jolie had invoked the spell of deflection, causing the barbs to miss.
For Love Of Evil
12
There was a hint of a deflection off Drogheda defender Colm Foley.
The Irish Times
13
The measure of this deflection; the versed sine of the angle.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
14
Subban was visibly upset by the deflection and was given a misconduct penalty.
Reuters
15
The cranking of the drawbar allows for the deflection of the buffer springs.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
16
So, in that case, there would probably be a deflection mission.
Wired
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Deflection through the time
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