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deflect
  واچفتیدن، واچفتن   
vâcaftidan, vâcaftan

Fr.: défléchir   

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.

deflection
  واچفت   
vâcaft

Fr.: déflexion   

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.

deflection angle
  زاویه‌ی ِ واچفت   
zâviye-ye vâcaft

Fr.: angle de déflexion   

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.

deflection of light
  واچفت ِ نور   
vâcaft-e nur

Fr.: déflexion de la lumière   

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

deflection; → light.

light deflection
  واچفت ِ نور   
vâcaft-e nur

Fr.: déflexion de la lumière   

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.