A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting.

synonym: warp.

Polish: wypaczenie

The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.

synonyms: deflexion, refraction.

Dutch: refractie, straalbreking

The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position.

synonym: deflexion.

Dutch: uitslag

The property of being bent or deflected.

synonyms: bending, deflexion.

Roget 245: curvature, curvity^†, curvation^†; incurvature^†, incurvity^†; incurvation^†; bend; flexure, flexion, flection^†; conflexure^†; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^†; inflection, inflexion^†; concameration^†; arcuation^†, devexity^†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^†, recurvation^†; sinuosity etc. 248.    kink.    carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary^†, festoon; conchoid^†, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.    sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity etc. 217.    ... show more

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern):
— A deflection from his goal.

synonyms: deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion.

Roget 279: deviation; swerving etc. v.; obliquation^†, warp, refraction; flection^†, flexion; sweep; deflection, deflexure^†; declination.    diversion, digression, depart from, aberration; divergence etc. 291; zigzag; detour etc. (circuit) 629; divagation.    [Desultory motion] wandering etc. v.; vagrancy, evagation^†; bypaths and crooked ways; byroad.    [Motion sideways, oblique motion] sidling etc. v.; knight's move at chess.    ... show more