The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deflective \De*flect"ive\, a. Causing deflection.
Deflective forces, forces that cause a body to deviate from its course.
Wiktionary
a. capable of causing deflection.
WordNet
adj. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) [syn: refractive]
Usage examples of "deflective".
The older samurai's move was a deflective one, and not an attacking one, which Bak believed a warrior, must always take.
It did not have the deflective powers of a full battle shield but if a lasgun's beam hit the thing the consequent quick-fire could be fatal.
Caught in the middle of a deflective blow, with three harras blades raking against his sword and more on the way to meet it, Cameron couldn't look round.
The mat was perfectly silent in its flight -- even the wind noise was hushed by the deflective containment field -- and several times I saw large animals leap to hiding, surprised by the sudden appearance of this wingless bird above them.
The mat was perfectly silent in its flight-even the wind noise was hushed by the deflective containment field-and several times I saw large animals leap to hiding, surprised by the sudden appearance of this wingless bird above them.