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

2. deflection, deflexion, refractionnoun

   the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

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

4. deflection, deflexion, bendingnoun

   the property of being bent or deflected

   Synonyms:
   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, 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Tom Statler:

   Astronomers will be able to compare observations from Earth-based telescopes before and after DART's kinetic impact to determine how much the orbital period of Dimorphos changed, that's the key measurement that will tell us how the asteroid responded to our deflection effort.

4. 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.

5. 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.