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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.
Coriolis effect. (mechanics). Also known as Coriolis deflection. The deflection relative to the earth's surface of any object moving above the earth, caused by the Coriolis force; an object moving horizontally is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, to the left in the Southern. The effect of the Coriolis force in any rotating system.