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

Deflected :: Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.

Deflecting :: Deflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflec.

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..

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..

Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

Deflective :: Deflective (a.) Causing deflection.

Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain..

Deflector :: Deflector (n.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion)..

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

Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course..

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..

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

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.

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

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Deflectionize :: Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

Deflexion :: Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.

Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

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