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Definition of Deflective
1. Adjective. Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave).
Exact synonyms: Refractive
Similar to: Crooked
Derivative terms: Deflect, Refract, Refract, Refractiveness, Refractivity
Similar to: Crooked
Derivative terms: Deflect, Refract, Refract, Refractiveness, Refractivity
Definition of Deflective
1. a. Causing deflection.
Definition of Deflective
1. Adjective. capable of causing deflection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deflective
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deflective
Literary usage of Deflective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The strength of the deflective force as computed and compared at different ...
Thc effectiveness of the deflective force may be compared with that of the ..."
2. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"knowing the deflective force, the velocity and direction of the motion that arouses
... The deflective force may be found by completing the parallelogram, ..."
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