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Deflators
- noun - a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
Deflected
- verb - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Deflector
- noun - a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)
Deflexion
- noun - a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
- the property of being bent or deflected
Deflexure
- - A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Deflorate
- - Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.
Deflowers
- verb - deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
Defluxion
- - A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation.
Deglazing
- verb - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring