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Deviation from a straight or normal course
Answer for the clue "Deviation from a straight or normal course ", 8 letters:
flection
Word definitions for flection in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flection \Flec"tion\, n. [See Flexion .] The act of bending, or state of being bent. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure , flexion ] deviation from a straight or normal course [syn: inflection , flexion ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (alternative spelling of flexion English) 2 The state of being bent or flexed. 3 deviation from straightness. 4 (context grammar dated English) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Usage examples of flection.
He tucked the folder back into his briefcase, turned off the CD player, detoured to the bedroom to brush his hair and pop a breath mint, then checked his re, flection in the mirror on the back of the closet door.
Uncomfortably Saskia refused to look at her re flection in the hail mirror.
Some visited Trout Creek cabin regularly and found its declining state a re flection of their own situation.