deflect | (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: block, parry |
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(verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: distract |
(verb) turn aside and away from an initial or intended course | - |
(verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | Synonyms: bend, turn away |
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
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 |
deflective | (adjective) capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) | Synonyms: refractive |
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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 |
(verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, blot, spot |
flecked | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, specked, speckled, stippled |
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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 |
genuflect | (verb) bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image | - |
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(verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: kowtow, scrape |
genuflection | (noun) the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence | Synonyms: genuflexion |
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inflect | (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: modulate, tone |
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(verb) change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language | - |
inflected | (adjective) (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch | - |
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(adjective) showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes) | - |
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 |
inflectional | (adjective) characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions | - |
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interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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nonreflecting | (adjective) not capable of physical reflection | Synonyms: nonreflective |
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nonreflective | (adjective) not capable of physical reflection | Synonyms: nonreflecting |
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reflect | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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(verb) give evidence of the quality of | - |
(verb) give evidence of a certain behavior | - |
(verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | Synonyms: reverberate |
(verb) manifest or bring back | - |
(verb) show an image of | - |
(verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light | Synonyms: shine |
reflectance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectivity |
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reflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back | - |
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reflecting | (adjective) causing reflection or having a device that reflects | - |
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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 | - |
reflective | (adjective) capable of physically reflecting light or sound | - |
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(adjective) devoted to matters of the mind | - |
(adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative |
reflectively | (adverb) in a reflective manner | - |
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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 |
reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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reflectorize | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorise |
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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 |
uninflected | (adjective) (of the voice) not inflected | - |
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(adjective) not inflected | - |
(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: analytic |
unreflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection | - |
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unreflective | (adjective) not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought | Synonyms: unthinking, unthoughtful |
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