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Webster 1913 Edition


Deflector

De-flect′or

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Noun.
(Mech.)
That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).

Definition 2024


deflector

deflector

English

Noun

deflector (plural deflectors)

  1. Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
    • 1992 Nasa Patents Available for Licensing from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
      The deflector assembly contains a plurality of vanes which change the direction of the solar energy to the vertical, while constantly keeping the same side of the deflector facing the sun.

Translations


Latin

Verb

dēflector

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dēflectō

Spanish

Adjective

deflector m (feminine singular deflectora, masculine plural deflectores, feminine plural deflectoras)

  1. defecting

Noun

deflector m (plural deflectores)

  1. deflector
  2. baffle, baffle plate