Deflexion

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See deflection.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See deflection.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of deflection.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the property of being bent or deflected
  • noun. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
  • noun. the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
  • noun. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
  • Word Usage
    "At other times still, a person would raise a hand or gesture in passing, manoeuvres which would in normal contexts seem innocent, yet combined as they were by those other intrusions I have mentioned, were such a deflexion from everyday comportment that I was quite puzzled as to their meaning."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bend  bending  motion  movement  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    variant