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Topic: MEASUREMENT

deflection

 noun
     
de‧flec‧tion [uncountable and countable]
1 the action of making something change its direction
deflection of
the deflection of the missile away from its target
2TM technical the degree to which the moving part on a measuring instrument moves away from zero
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