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Definition of deflection
1 : a turning aside or off course : deviation
2 : the departure of an indicator or pointer from the zero reading on the scale of an instrument
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Examples of deflection in a Sentence
measuring the angle of deflection
He scored with a deflection off another player's stick.
Recent Examples of deflection from the Web
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His chance, with plenty of help from a deflection, nearly looped into the upper 90, only to miss and go out for a corner.
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Last season, Brown averaged 12.4 points, 4.5 assists and 4.3 turnovers with 41 steals and 57 deflections — all team highs.
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Sometimes deflection will happen naturally in a group conversation as well.
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The researchers used this tiny deflection to calculate that the mass of Stein 2051B is about 68 percent the mass of our sun — or 1.4 octillion tons (that's 14 followed by 26 zeros).
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Einstein showed that this deflection could direct more light toward the observer, similar to how a magnifying glass can focus diffuse light from the sun down into a single spot.
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The sensors are contactless digital proximity sensors, as opposed to the Hall Effect sensors in many other offerings, which VPC claims can detect stick deflections as small as 0.006 degrees.
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That’s a good deflection from Subban who obviously wants to keep what was said on the ice, on the ice.
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The Cavs had eight ball deflections and six loose ball recoveries to 16 and 22 for the Warriors.
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First Known Use of deflection
1605
DEFLECTION Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of deflection for English Language Learners
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: the act of changing or causing something to change direction
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