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deflection

/dih-flek-shuhn/US // dɪˈflɛk ʃən //UK // (dɪˈflɛkʃən) //

变形,偏转,挠曲,挠性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
    • : amount of deviation.
    • : the deviation of the indicator of an instrument from the position taken as zero.
    • : Optics. deviation.
    • : Military. the angle formed by the line of sight to the target and the line of sight to the point at which a gun is aimed so as to strike the target.
    • : Electronics. the bending by a magnetic field of the beam of electrons leaving the electron gun.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indivergence
as indiversion

Examples

  • Likewise, seasoned interviewers will anticipate your curiosity and will have prepared some bland response, perhaps with a gentle deflection away from the question they can’t or don’t want to answer to the question they would prefer you had asked.

  • The deflection of the suspended magnet from geomagnetic north depends on both the intensity of Earth’s magnetic field and the pull of the second bar magnet.

  • On its newest shoes, Giro now lists sole stiffness by Newtons of force per millimeter of deflection, which would offer an apples-to-apples comparison if other manufacturers followed suit.

  • It requires that the seats in your car be capable of withstanding a force applied forwards or backwards that’s equivalent to 20 times the weight of the seat itself, but allows for 40 degrees of seat deflection under that strain.

  • This is a deflection that occurs when objects not attached to the ground travel at high speeds or long distances relative to a rotating planet.

  • The larger problem though is the deflection of the real story in STDs.

  • The alternative to sober, constructive constitutional action is denial, deflection, and death.

  • Over the past couple of years, as the new reality has settled in, there was a great deal of denial and deflection.

  • Speed of train produces no effect on the mean deflection, but only on the magnitude of the vibrations.

  • From these equations the deflection produced by any given stress on the chains or by a change of temperature can be calculated.

  • Do the best the master can, the thought will not pass from him to his reader without considerable deflection.

  • Instantly, there was a sharp deflection of the kilovoltmeter.

  • The weight per metre was 91 grammes, and the deflection was 46 mm.