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▪ I. deˈflecting, vbl. n. [-ing1.] The action of the verb deflect.
1623Cockeram, Deflectings, turnings from good to bad. ▪ II. deˈflecting, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That deflects. deflecting magnet: a magnet used for deflecting a magnetic needle, as in a galvanometer.
1796Brougham in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 229 The ray moves in an ellipse by the inflecting, and an hyperbola by the deflecting force. 1851–9Sabine Man. Sci. Enq. 91 When the weather does not permit the manipulation of the weights, deflecting magnets are substituted. 1857Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. II. 23 Gravity must act as a deflecting force. |