Definition for Deflection:

• A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

Synonyms for Deflection:

• n.

  •
  • disturbance,
  • motion,
  • action,
  • flight,
  • transit,
  • locomotion,
  • transfer,
  • movement,
  • mover.
  •bend (noun)
  • bow,
  • arc,
  • sag,
  • crook,
  • flexure,
  • corner,
  • bending,
  • Curvation,
  • flexures,
  • yaw,
  • round,
  • twist,
  • deflections,
  • zigzag,
  • flection,
  • tilt,
  • loop,
  • zigzags,
  • lean,
  • angle,
  • hook.
  •curvature (noun)
  • arching,
  • bend,
  • curve,
  • curving,
  • arch,
  • Curvity,
  • incurvation,
  • shape.
  •deflection (noun)
  • deflexion,
  • diffraction,
  • divagation,
  • drift,
  • aberration,
  • warp,
  • refraction,
  • variation.
  •departure (noun)
  • innovation,
  • declination,
  • wandering,
  • novelties,
  • rambling,
  • last word,
  • difference,
  • turnings,
  • branching out,
  • new wrinkle,
  • veering,
  • ramblings,
  • latest thing,
  • in thing,
  • novelty,
  • wanderings,
  • variance,
  • branching off,
  • turning,
  • change,
  • straying.
  •deviation (noun)
  • breach,
  • disparity,
  • fork,
  • anomaly,
  • discrepancy,
  • inconsistency,
  • alteration,
  • detour,
  • transgression,
  • crotch,
  • modification,
  • irregularity,
  • fluctuation.
  •digression (noun)
  • drifting,
  • excursus,
  • aside,
  • episode,
  • obiter dictum,
  • excursion,
  • note,
  • footnote,
  • incident.
  •dissuasion (noun)
  • banishment,
  • disinclination,
  • disheartenment,
  • inhibition,
  • dissuasion,
  • restraint,
  • derailment,
  • admonishment,
  • aversion,
  • prevention,
  • discouragement,
  • intimidation.
  •divergence (noun)
  • distinction,
  • otherness,
  • diversity,
  • ramification,
  • dispersion,
  • disagreeing,
  • varying,
  • Alterity,
  • dissimilarity,
  • division,
  • Dissemblance,
  • unlikeness,
  • parting,
  • separation,
  • divergency,
  • dissimilitude,
  • divarication,
  • variety,
  • radiation,
  • mutation.
  •diversion (noun)
  • red herring.
  •shift (noun)
  • conversion,
  • changeover,
  • move,
  • double,
  • displacement,
  • transformation,
  • substitution,
  • about-face,
  • shifting,
  • rearrangement,
  • permutation,
  • passage,
  • fault,
  • removal.
  •slope (noun)
  • bias,
  • gradient,
  • descent,
  • incline,
  • abruptness,
  • tip,
  • shelf,
  • skew,
  • bank,
  • diagonal,
  • sway,
  • pitch,
  • hill,
  • leaning,
  • declivity,
  • bevel,
  • cant,
  • rise,
  • inclination,
  • downgrade.
  •state (noun)
  • deflection.
  •tack (noun)
  • direction,
  • plan,
  • line,
  • siding,
  • aim,
  • Sidling,
  • tactic,
  • tangent,
  • approach,
  • method,
  • way,
  • swerve,
  • procedure,
  • sweep,
  • heading,
  • bearing,
  • echelon,
  • switch,
  • set,
  • path.
  •turn (noun)
  • distortion,
  • branch.
  •variation (noun)
  • contradistinction,
  • inequality,
  • diversification,
  • contrast,
  • break,
  • abnormality,
  • adaptation,
  • exception,
  • unconformities,
  • departure from the norm,
  • Unconformity.

• Other synonyms:

  •estrangement
  • alienation.

Paraphrases for Deflection:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    deviation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deviation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    flexure, misrepresentation, strain, deformity, correction, decline, depression, re-routing, softening, bias.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deformation, detour, flexion, bending, distortion, misappropriation, deviance, departure, draught, sinking, hijacking, Flexing, realignment, crash, displacement.

Antonyms for Deflection:

• n.

  • bend
    stagnation, line.
  • departure
    agreement, continuation, conformity, keeping, entrance, stay, arrival, abidance, accord, similarity, coming, sameness.
  • deviation
    harmony, regularity, straightforwardness, consistency, uniformity, normality.
  • digression
    straightness, directness.
  • divergence
    convergence, concord.
  • diversion
    conforming, vocation, work, chore, Staying, task.
  • shift
    idleness, maintenance, deactivation.
  • slope
    level, upgrade, evenness.
  • turn
    inability, miss, failure.
  • variation
    source, root, equality, likeness.
  • Other antonyms:
    adherence.

Deflection Sentence Examples:

• Range elevation, deflection, all came to the battery over the signal wires that connected the firing position with some observation point also unseen but located in a position commanding the terrain under fire.

• Mamma would be very particular, ' the girl rejoined; and this was said simply, sympathetically, without the least appearance of deflection from that loyalty which Raymond deplored.

Homophones for Deflection:

• duplication, defalcation.

Hyponym for Deflection:

• n.

  • state
    deviance, aberration, aberrance, aberrancy.