An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

To bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line.

From L. deflectere "to bend down, turn aside," from → de- "away" + flectere "to bend, turn."

Vâcaftidan, vâcaftan, from vâcaft, from vâ- "away," → de- + caft "bent, curved, crooked," variants cafté, jafté, jaftâ.

The act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected. Amount of deviation.
Electronics: In a cathode-ray tube, the bending, by a magnetic field, of the beam of electrons after the focused beam leaves the electron gun.

Verbal noun of → deflect.

1) The angle by which a light ray is curved by the gravitational field of a massive body. Einstein's general relativity predicts that a light ray which tangentially grazes the surface of the Sun is deflected by 1''.7. This result was confirmed in 1919 when the apparent angular shift of stars close to the limb of the Sun was measured during a total solar eclipse.
2) In a cathode-ray tube, the angle through which the beam is bent, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

→ deflection; → angle.

The bending of a light ray under the gravitational effect of a massive body. → deflection angle.

→ deflection; → light.

The deviation of a light ray by the gravitational field of a massive body. For example, stellar light passing near the Sun will be deviated by 1''.75 at the Sun's limb.

→ light; → deflection.