deflection
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
Types & categories
- deviance hypernym
Related & opposite
- warp derivation
Sense 2 noun
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
Types & categories
- bending hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the property of being bent or deflected
Types & categories
- physical property hypernym
- wind deflection hyponym
- refractivity hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
a diversion from the main highway
Types & categories
- turning hypernym
- red herring hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bending |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical property |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wind deflection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | refractivity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | saboteur |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | digress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | diversionary |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | turning |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | red herring |