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What does deflection mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of deflecting or something deflected.
  2. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
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Fortune was on his side as the ball took a deflection before beating Thompson.
Interestingly, Valsalva maneuvers against pinched nostrils and closed glottis did, however, produce upward deflection of the eyes.
Single stars are of comparatively small mass, cosmically speaking, and so produce little deflection of light beams.
English is used to dramatically increase or decrease the cue ball deflection angle.
Brighton won through a header by Adam Virgo that took a deflection off defender Clarke Carlisle past Neil Sullivan.
This collapse is associated with a vertical negative relief of c.180 m, defined as the maximum downwards deflection below the regional datum.

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