Editing Deflection

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'''Deflection''' or '''deflexion''' may refer to:
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==Board games==
* [[Deflection (chess)]], a tactic that forces an opposing chess piece to leave a square
* [[Khet (game)]], formerly ''Deflexion'', an Egyptian-themed chess-like game using lasers

==Mechanics==
* [[Deflection (ballistics)]], shooting ahead of a moving target so that the target and projectile will collide
* [[Deflection (engineering)]], the displacement of a structural element under load
* [[Deflection (physics)]], the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane surface

==Social sciences==
* [[Deflexion (linguistics)]], the degeneration of a language's inflectional system over time
* [[Deflection (psychology)]], a defence mechanism

==Technologies==
* [[Deflection routing]], a routing strategy for networks to reduce the need of buffering packets
* [[Deflection yoke]], a kind of magnetic lens used in cathode ray tubes
* [[Electrostatic deflection]], a technique for modifying the path of charged particles by the use of an electric field
* [[Deflect.ca]], a DDoS mitigation and website security service

==  See also ==
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* [[Deflector (disambiguation)]]

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