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deflected

[dih-flek-tid]
adjective Biology.
  1. curved or bent downward.
  2. deflexed.
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Origin of deflected

First recorded in 1820–30; deflect + -ed2
Related formsnon·de·flect·ed, adjectiveun·de·flect·ed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for undeflected

Historical Examples

  • How admirable is his undeflected belief in and affection for the Master!

    Essays in Little

    Andrew Lang

  • This is undeflected; but all the others are bent towards it, as they pass through the thinner parts of the lens.

    How it Works

    Archibald Williams

  • For the course of nature, undisturbed and undeflected, is always towards the greatest health.

  • It was like the foot of an aborigine; undeformed, undeflected from nature's lines by fashionable footgear.

    Desert Conquest

    A. M. Chisholm