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deflection
noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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dɪˈflɛkʃən
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noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
“a diversion from the main highway”
noun
the property of being bent or deflected
noun
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
noun
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
noun
a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
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a diversion from the main highway
a digression into irrelevant details
a deflection from his goal
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