Deflection
[dɪ'flekʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'flɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being bent or deflected.
(noun.) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position.
(noun.) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent.
(noun.) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting.
Checker: Spenser--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
(n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
(n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
Inputed by Jenny
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Deviation, bending.
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deviation, divergence, alienation, swerving, incurvation, curvity, falcation
ANT:Straightness, directness, rectilinearity, inflexibility, prolongation,prosecution, undeviatingness
Edited by Daniel
Examples
- Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- During the motion of the coil, a strong deflection of the galvanometer is observed; but the deflection ceases as soon as the coil ceases to rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The deflection of the tubes in the centre amounted to only three-quarters of an inch in each cell; it being rather less when the trains were at full speed than when stationary. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Nice calculations have to be made as to the tension to be placed on the cables, the allowance for deflection, and the equal distribution of weight. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the galvanometer shows the desired deflection, the needle, T, will indicate upon the dial, in decimal fractions of an inch, the exact distance through which the strip has been moved. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Immediately there is a deflection of the needle, which indicates that a current is flowing through the circuit. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And here we come upon one of the chief problems of our lives at the present time, the problem of the deflection of the profits of progress. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This arrangement tends to obviate any misleading deflections that might arise through changes in the battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The deflections for each letter commence in the direction of the short marks, and end with the long ones. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Marietta