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

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..

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

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

Deflexion :: Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.

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)..

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

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

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

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

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..

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.

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. 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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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