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Definition of Deflexion
1. Noun. The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.
2. Noun. The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position.
3. Noun. The property of being bent or deflected.
Generic synonyms: Physical Property
Specialized synonyms: Wind Deflection, Windage, Refractiveness, Refractivity
4. Noun. A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern). "A deflection from his goal"
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turning
Specialized synonyms: Red Herring
Derivative terms: Deflect, Deflect, Deflect, Deflect, Deviate, Deviate, Digress, Divagate, Diversionary, Diversionist, Divert
Definition of Deflexion
1. n. See Deflection.
Definition of Deflexion
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of deflection) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deflexion
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Deflexion
1. Term used to describe the position of the foetal head in relation to the maternal pelvis in which the head is descending in a nonflexed or extended attitude. Origin: de-+ L. Flexio, a bending, fr. Flecto, pp. Flexum, to bend (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deflexion
Literary usage of Deflexion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electrons: Or, The Nature and Properties of Negative Electricity by Oliver Lodge (1907)
"But then the simple theory, there given, assumed that the quantities to be measured
were constant, and that the deflexion to be observed in each case was a ..."
2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"The current is then made to pass through the coils, and the deflexion of the
magnet corresponding to its new position of equilibrium is observed. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To reduce the charge readings to absolute measure, find the deflexion of the
galvanometer needle due to the charge of a condenser of n microfarads capacity ..."
4. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1875)
"Integrating equation (535) between the limits a, and x, and equation (537) between
the limits 0 and a1, and re-presenting the deflexion at C, and therefore ..."
5. Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-book by Charles Haynes Haswell (1853)
"deflexion OF RECTANGULAR BEAMS. 1. The deflexions of the same beam, resting on
props at each end, and loaded in the middle with weights, ..."
6. Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals: Containing by Thomas Tredgold (1842)
"If the fixed part be of considerable bulk in respect to the other, we may neglect
its effect on the deflexion, and in that case If in any of the preceding ..."
7. The Electromagnet, and Electromagnetic Mechanism by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1891)
"6a DUB'S deflexion EXPERIMENT. deflexion (degreez). 34-5 4a 41'5 40-5 4i 39 38
In another set of experiments of the same order, a permanent magnet of steel, ..."
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