A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• The amount by which a propagating wave is bent
• The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
• The property of being bent or deflected

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of deflection from=UK English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the amount by which a propagating wave is bent [syn: deflection , refraction ] the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position [syn: deflection ] the property of being bent or deflected [syn: deflection , bending ] ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deflexion is a linguistic process related to inflectional languages. All members of the Indo-European language family belong to this kind of language and are subject to some degree of deflexional change. The process is typified by the degeneration of the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deflexion \De*flex"ion\, n. See Deflection .