deflection
noun
the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
deflexion
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a variation of
deflection.
Example Sentences
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A galvanometer can be calibrated, or the meaning of its deflexion determined, by passing through it an electric current of known value and observing the deflexion of the needle or coil.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
And that all Anticipation is but a deflexion or declination by accident.
From Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature by Francis Bacon
For these, in common with many other untraceable phenomena in the material world, Epicurus provides a principle in the supplementary hypothesis of deflexion.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
He took it as distinct that there was nothing he could do in preference that wouldn't be spoiled for him by any deflexion from that point.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
At first a considerable current is indicated by the galvanometer; the deflexion soon diminishes, however, and finally becomes very small.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
