| deflection | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion |
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| (noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: bending, deflexion |
| (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflexion, refraction |
| (noun) the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position | Synonyms: deflexion |
| (noun) a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting | Synonyms: warp |
| deflector | (noun) a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
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| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| fleck | (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot |
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| (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, scrap |
| flection | (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flexion, inflection |
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| (noun) the state of being flexed (as of a joint) | Synonyms: flexion, flexure |
| genuflection | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflexion |
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| inflection | (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: prosody |
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| (noun) a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | Synonyms: modulation |
| (noun) deviation from a straight or normal course | Synonyms: flection, flexion |
| (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflexion |
| interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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| reflectance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectivity |
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| reflection | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflexion |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflectivity, reflexion |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflexion |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflexion |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflexion |
| (noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed | - |
| reflectiveness | (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectivity |
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| reflectivity | (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |
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| (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectiveness |
| (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflectance, reflection factor |
| reflectometer | (noun) a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface | - |
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| reflector | (noun) device that reflects radiation | - |
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| (noun) optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece | Synonyms: reflecting telescope |
| retroflection | (noun) the act of bending backward | Synonyms: retroflexion |
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| (noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth | Synonyms: retroflexion |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflexion, retroversion |