deflected, ppl. a.
(dɪˈflɛktɪd)
[f. deflect v. + -ed.]
1. Turned aside; bent to one side.
| 1860 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xvi. 881 Monsoons are, for the most part, trade-winds deflected. 1874 S. Cox Pilgr. Ps. vi. 121 Walking in subtle and deflected paths. |
2. Zool. and Bot. Bent or curved downwards; = deflexed.
| 1828 Webster, Deflected. In botany, bending downward archwise. 1854 Woodward Mollusca ii. 165 Glandina..eye-tentacles deflected at the tips, beyond the eyes. 1867 F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 195 The wings..come up to an angle..as it is termed, they are deflected. |
3. Philol. Used to translate F. fléchi, a term proposed for the ‘strong’ grade in ablaut series.
| 1890 R. T. Elliott tr. V. Henry's Compar. Gram. §41. 47 We may distinguish three chief grades, the normal grade, the weak or reduced grade, and the deflected grade (fléchi). Ibid. 48 I.-E. types, *bhĕydh (to trust), weak *bhidh, deflected *bhoydh. |