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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di flek′tid)

de•flect•ed (di flek′tid),USA pronunciation adj. [Biol.]

Biologycurved or bent downward.
Biologydeflexed.

deflect + -ed² 1820–30

de•flect /dɪˈflɛkt/USA pronunciation v.

to bend or turn aside: [no obj]:The shot deflected into the net past the goalie.[ ~ + obj ]:He deflected the shot past the goalie.
[ ~ + obj] to divert; turn aside and reduce the harm of:He managed to deflect criticism onto someone else.

de•flec•tion /dɪˈflɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]deflection of any criticism that came his way.[countable]scored on several deflections past the goalie.
de•flec•tor, n. [countable]See -flect-.

de•flect (di flekt′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i.

to bend or turn aside;
turn from a true course or straight line;
swerve.

Latin dēflectere to bend down, turn aside, equivalent. to dē- de- + flectere to bend, turn
1545–55

de•flect′a•ble, adj.
de•flec′tor, n.

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deflect /dɪˈflɛkt/ vb

to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin dēflectere, from flectere to benddeˈflector n

'deflected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

deflection - reflex camera - reverberate - rub - scattering - wrybill - bright - cathode-ray tube - deflexed - derail - fair ball - Ferrel's law - glance - image dissector - mass spectrometer - Rayleigh disk - reverberatory

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