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Deflect :: Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected..

Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..

Inflective :: Inflective (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air..

Deflectable :: Deflectable (a.) Capable of being deflected.

Set :: Set (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade..

Diffract :: Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light..

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.

Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.

Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.

Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Bent; turned; deflected.

Deflexion :: Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.

Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..

Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road..

Version :: Version (n.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion..

Bridge :: Bridge (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall..

Deflected :: Deflected (imp. & p. p.) of Deflec.

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