deflection (redirected from deflect)

deflection [di′flek·shən]

(computer science)

Encouraging a potential attacker of a computer system to direct the attack elsewhere.

(electronics)

The displacement of an electron beam from its straight-line path by an electrostatic or electromagnetic field.

(engineering)

Shape change or reduction in diameter of a conduit, produced without fracturing the material.

Elastic movement or sinking of a loaded structural member, particularly of the mid-span of a beam.

(ordnance)

Horizontal clockwise angle between the axis of the bore and the line of sighting.

The setting on the scale to compensate for deflection.

(petroleum engineering)

In oil well drilling, a change in the angle of a well bore.