DEFLEXION

diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation

(noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); “a diversion from the main highway”; “a digression into irrelevant details”; “a deflection from his goal”

deflection, deflexion, bending

(noun) the property of being bent or deflected

deflection, deflexion

(noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position

deflection, deflexion, refraction

(noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

deflexion (countable and uncountable, plural deflexions)

United Kingdom alternative spelling of deflection

Anagrams

• fenoxedil

Source: Wiktionary


De*flex"ion, n.

Definition: See Deflection.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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