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deflecting

de·flect
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dih-flekt]
    • /dɪˈflɛkt/
    • /dɪˈflekt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-flekt]
    • /dɪˈflɛkt/

Definition of deflecting word

  • noun deflecting Present participle of deflect. 1
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Origin of deflecting

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Latin dēflectere to bend down, turn aside, equivalent to dē- de- + flectere to bend, turn

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Parts of speech for Deflecting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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deflecting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for deflecting

adjective deflecting

  • diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
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  • chapel de fer

    a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.

  • coriolis effect

    a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole

  • deflecting force

    the apparent deflection (Coriolis acceleration) of a body in motion with respect to the earth, as seen by an observer on the earth, attributed to a fictitious force (Coriolis force) but actually caused by the rotation of the earth and appearing as a deflection to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and a deflection to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • deflection yoke

    an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.

  • fairing

    Archaic. something that is fair.

  • ricochet

    the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
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