Main entry: divagation, diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
Definition: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Usage: a diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal
Main entry: deflection, deflexion, bending
Definition: the property of being bent or deflected
Main entry: deflection, deflexion
Definition: the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
Main entry: deflection, deflexion, refraction
Definition: the amount by which a propagating wave is bent