Noun deflection has 5 senses
  1. deflection, warp - a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
    --1 is a kind of aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
  2. deflection, deflexion, refraction - the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
    --2 is a kind of bending, bend
  3. deflection, deflexion - the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
    --3 is a kind of movement, motion
  4. deflection, deflexion, bending - the property of being bent or deflected
    --4 is a kind of physical property
    --4 has particulars: windage, wind deflection; refractivity, refractiveness
  5. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation - 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"
    --5 is a kind of turn, turning
    --5 has particulars: red herring
    Derived forms: verb deflect2, verb deflect3
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