From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdeflectionde‧flec‧tion /dɪˈflekʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] 1 HIT/BUMP INTOthe action of making something change its directiondeflection of the deflection of the missile away from its target2 TM technical the degree to which the moving part on a measuring instrument moves away from zero
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deflection• These do not function as deflection devices but as startle displays.• Gentle probing brought deflection, anything stronger and the barriers came down.• The purpose of this is to provide a more effective deflection.• I gave him a full deflection burst for good measure and then my ammunition ran out.• Detectors at different angles of deflection then receive particles of different mass.• It uses a line electron source and so needs only one deflection component.• When comparison was made with night photographs of the same star field the predicted general relativistic deflection was confirmed. 