deflector
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Noun
deflector (plural deflectors)
- Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
- 1992 Nasa Patents Available for Licensing from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
- The deflector assembly contains a plurality of vanes which change the direction of the solar energy to the vertical, while constantly keeping the same side of the deflector facing the sun.
- 1992 Nasa Patents Available for Licensing from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
- A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
- (science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
- 1945 May, Murray Leinster, “First Contact”, in Astounding Stories, volume 35, number 3:
- The blasters are those beams of ravening destruction which take care of recalcitrant meteorites in a spaceship's course when the deflectors can't handle them.
- 1966 September 22, Samuel A. Peeples, Where No Man Has Gone Before (Star Trek), episode 3, spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy):
- Deflectors say there's something there, sensors say there isn't. Density negative. Radiation negative. Energy negative.
Derived terms
Translations
something which deflects something else
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dēflector
Spanish
Adjective
deflector (feminine deflectora, masculine plural deflectores, feminine plural deflectoras)
Noun
deflector m (plural deflectores)
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