DEFLEXION

• (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"

  synonyms : deflection , deviation , digression , divagation , diversion

• (noun) the property of being bent or deflected

  synonyms : bending , deflection

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

  synonyms : deflection

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

  synonyms : deflection , refraction

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