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v. t.
To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.
n.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
n.
See Deflection.
a.
Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.
n.
A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
n.
The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.
imp. & p. p.
of Deflect
a.
Causing deflection.
n.
That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).
a.
Bent; turned; deflected.
v. t.
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
n.
A bending or turning aside; deflection.
v. t.
To free from inflections.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Deflect
v. t.
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.
a.
Capable of being deflected.
v. i.
To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
v. i.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
n.
The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.
v. t.
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
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