deflector
(noun) a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deflector (plural deflectors)
Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
(science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
Source: Wiktionary
De*flect"or, n. (Mech.)
Definition: That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a come in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
