Noun

• S: (n) deflection, warp (a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion, refraction (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion (the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) movement, motion (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
• S: (n) crustal movement, tectonic movement (movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust)
• S: (n) approach, approaching (the event of one object coming closer to another)
• S: (n) passing, passage (the motion of one object relative to another) "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion (the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position)
• S: (n) bending, bend (movement that causes the formation of a curve)
• S: (n) change of location, travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
• S: (n) wave, undulation ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
• S: (n) jitter (a small irregular movement)
• S: (n) periodic motion, periodic movement (motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same)
• S: (n) heave ((geology) a horizontal dislocation)
• S: (n) recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash (a movement back from an impact)
• S: (n) recoil, kick (the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired)
• S: (n) seek (the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk)
• S: (n) squeeze, wring (a twisting squeeze) "gave the wet cloth a wring"
• S: (n) throw, stroke, cam stroke (the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam)
• S: (n) turning, turn (a movement in a new direction) "the turning of the wind"
• S: (n) twist, wrench (a jerky pulling movement)
• S: (n) undulation (wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves)
• S: (n) wave, moving ridge (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
• S: (n) wobble (an unsteady rocking motion)
• S: (n) whirl, commotion (confused movement) "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
• S: (n) Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis (the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion, bending (the property of being bent or deflected)
• S: (n) diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)) "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"