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'''Deflection''' or '''deflexion''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Board games== * Deflection (chess), a tactic that forces an opposing chess piece to leave a square * Khet (game), formerly ''Deflexion'', an Egyptian-themed chess-like game using lasers
==Mechanics== * Deflection (ballistics), shooting ahead of a moving target so that the target and projectile will collide * Deflection (engineering), the displacement of a structural element under load * Deflection (physics), the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane surface
==Social sciences== * Deflexion (linguistics), the degeneration of a language's inflectional system over time * Deflection (psychology), a defence mechanism
==Technologies== * Deflection routing, a routing strategy for networks to reduce the need of buffering packets * Deflection yoke, a kind of magnetic lens used in cathode ray tubes * Electrostatic deflection, a technique for modifying the path of charged particles by the use of an electric field * Deflect.ca, a DDoS mitigation and website security service
== See also == * {{lookfrom}} * {{intitle}} * Deflector (disambiguation)
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