† deˈflexity Obs.
[f. L. dēflex-us deflex + -ity.]
The quality of being deflected (said of rays of light: see deflect 2 b, deflexion 5).
| 1797 Brougham in Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 360 We may..say that the rays of light differ in degree of refrangity, reflexity, and flexity, comprehending inflexity and deflexity..these terms..allude to the degree of distance to which the rays are subject to the action of bodies. |