DEFLECTED
Verb
deflected
simple past tense and past participle of deflect
Adjective
deflected (not comparable)
(botany) Bent abruptly downward.
Source: Wiktionary
De*flect"ed, a.
1. Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.
2. Bent downward; deflexed.
DEFLECT
De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deflecting.] Etym: [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend or turn.
See Flexible.]
Definition: To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. Lord (1630).
De*flect", v. i.
Definition: To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or
from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in
the true meridian. Sir T. Browne.
To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition