deflection

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of deflecting or something deflected.
2. (countable, uncountable) Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.).
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of rejecting culpability by redirecting blame elsewhere.
5. (countable, uncountable) Bending or deformation under load.
6. (countable, uncountable) A tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece

Synonyms

deviation

deflexion

diversion

declination

refraction

divergence

variation

turning aside

bending

divagation

aberration

drift

digression

aberrance

warp

inclination

inflection

departure

deviate

aberrancy

variance

flexion

inflexion

lean

leeway

misstep

modification

obliquity

offset

outrage

pathology

plumb

propensity

reflection

replicate

sag

slack

slip

steering

stumble

swerve

tendency

transference

trip

turn

wryness

yaw

yawing

deflectivity

flexivity

Translations

déviation

Ablenkung

Durchbiegung

Abweichung

aberrazione

desviación

Ausschlag

desvío

desviació

réfraction

afwijking

παρέκκλιση

απόκλιση

Verbiegung

εκτροπή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈflɛkʃən/

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. By surface analysis, deflect + -ion.