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deflection. n. 1. the act of deflecting or the state of being deflected. 2. the amount of deviation. 3. (General Physics) the change in direction of a light beam as it crosses a boundary between two media with different refractive indexes.
The deflection temperature is the temperature at which a test bar, loaded to the specified bending stress, deflects by 0.010 inch (0.25 mm). The value obtained for a specific polymer grade will depend on the base resin and on the presence of reinforcing agents.