Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-FLEC'TION
DE-FLEC'TION, n.
- Deviation; the act of turning aside; a turning from a true line or the regular course.
- The departure of a ship from its true course.
- A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opake body; inflection. – Hooke.
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