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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈflɛkʃən/ [UK], /dəˈflɛkʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deflection.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deflections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: From Latin dēflexiō, from dēflectere (“to deflect”; participle stem dēflex-) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). The non-etymological spelling deflection is taken from the present stem dēflect-, associated with collection, dissection, etc. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dēflexiō}} Latin dēflexiō, {{m|la|dēflectō|dēflectere}} dēflectere, {{m|la|-iō|pos=suffix forming abstract nouns}} -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns), {{m|la||dēflect-}} dēflect-, {{m|la|collection}} collection, {{m|la|dissection}} dissection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deflection (countable and uncountable, plural deflections)
  1. The act of deflecting or something deflected. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of deflecting): рикошет (rikošet) (Bulgarian), deflexió [feminine] (Catalan), desviació [feminine] (Catalan), kiilto (Finnish), déflexion (French), Ablenkung [feminine] (German), Glanz [masculine] (German), defleksi (Indonesian), penyimpangan (Indonesian), pembelokan (Indonesian), deflessione [feminine] (Italian), deviazione [feminine] (Italian), pemesongan (Malay), deflexão [feminine] (Portuguese), deflexión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deflection-en-noun-d~pSAib0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44 Disambiguation of 'act of deflecting': 91 0 9
  2. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (deviation of a needle): отклонение (otklonenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ero (Finnish), poikkeama (Finnish), Ablenkung [feminine] (German), defleksi (Indonesian), simpangan (Indonesian), belokan (Indonesian), deflessione [feminine] (Italian), pesongan (Malay)
    Sense id: en-deflection-en-noun-GwzxKGDI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44 Disambiguation of 'deviation of a needle': 2 97 1
  3. (transitive, figuratively) Refusing to address (questions, criticism, etc.). Tags: countable, figuratively, transitive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deflection-en-noun-3qLoctn- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deflexion [British] Derived forms: compass deflection, deflection change, deflection difference, propwash deflection unit, vertical deflection, zero deflection

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "ero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "poikkeama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ablenkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "defleksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "simpangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "belokan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deflessione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "deviation of a needle",
      "word": "pesongan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "deflection"
  ],
  "word": "deflection"
}

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