1. The property of being bent or deflected
   "The deflexion of light by the prism created a rainbow effect";
   - deflection, bending
    
2. The amount by which a propagating wave is bent
   "They measured the deflexion of the light beam";
   - deflection, refraction
    
3. The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
   "The deflexion of the meter indicated a change in current";
   - deflection
    
4. A temporary departure from the main subject or course in speech, writing, or thought
   "The lecture was full of interesting deflexions";
   - diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, divagation [rare], sidetrack, discursion, aside, excursus, parenthesis

Derived forms: deflexions

Type of: bend, bending, content, message, motion, movement, physical property, subject matter, substance, turn, turning

Encyclopedia: Deflexion