Synonyms for deflection
dɪˈflɛk ʃənde·flec·tion

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1. deflection

   Synonyms:
   deviation, divergence, alienation, swerving, incurvation, curvity, falcation

   Antonyms:
   straightness, directness, rectilinearity, inflexibility, prolongation, prosecution, undeviatingness

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1. deflection, warpnoun

   a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

   Synonyms:
   deflection, bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, warping, buckle, diversion, deviation, warp

2. deflection, deflexion, refractionnoun

   the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

   Synonyms:
   deflection, bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, diversion, deviation, warp

3. deflection, deflexionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   deflection, bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, diversion, deviation, warp

4. deflection, deflexion, bendingnoun

   the property of being bent or deflected

   Synonyms:
   deflection, bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, bend, diversion, deviation, warp

5. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   diversionary attack, warp, departure, excursion, difference, parenthesis, excursus, deflexion, deviance, bending, digression, deflection, refraction, diversion, divagation, aside, deviation, divergence, recreation

Matched Categories

1. • Aberrance
   • Bending
   • Movement
   • Physical Property
   • Turn

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1. deflectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   deviation, bending

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1. List of paraphrases for "deflection":

   deviation, diversion, arrow, bending, deformation, flexure, draught, detour, flexion, variance, baffle

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1. Kailash Sahu:

   It's like trying to measure the tiny motion of a firefly next to a bright light bulb, we had to meticulously subtract the light of the nearby bright star to precisely measure the deflection of the faint source.

2. Reed Galen:

   No small amount of irony that a man uses his own donors' money to enrich himself and his family accuses others of the same. Deflection is his stock and trade.

3. Nancy Chabot:

   Sometimes we describe it as running a golf cart into a great pyramid or something like that, but for Dimorphos, this really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption.

4. Nancy Chabot:

   Sometimes we describe it as running a golf cart into a great pyramid or something like that, but for Dimorphos, this really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption. This isn't going to blow up the asteroid ; it isn't going to put it into lots of pieces.

5. George Takei:

   Men who improperly harass or assault do not do so because they are gay or straight -- that is a deflection, they do so because they have the power, and they chose to abuse it. Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t.