Part 2865

<h1>Deflect</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deflected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deflecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deflectere</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>flectere</ets> to bend or turn. See <er>Flexible</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to turn aside; to bend; <as>as, rays of light are often <ex>deflected</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Sitting with their knees <b>deflected</b> under them. <i>Lord (1630).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deflect</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flect"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.</def>

<blockquote>At some part of the Azores, the needle <b>deflecteth</b> not, but lieth in the true meridian. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>deflect</b> from the line of truth and reason. <i>Warburton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deflectable</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flect"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being deflected.</def>

<h1>Deflected</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flect"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bent downward; deflexed.</def>

<h1>Deflection</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deflexio</ets>, fr. <ets>deflectere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82flexion</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.</def>

<blockquote>The other leads to the same point, through certain <b>deflections</b>. <i>Lowth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gunnery)</fld> <def>The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.</def>

<h1>Deflectionization</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flec`tion*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of freeing from inflections.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Deflectionize</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flec"tion*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To free from inflections.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deflectionized</b> languages are said to be analytic. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deflective</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing deflection.</def>