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deflectional

deflectional adjective: of or pertaining to deflection.

Adjective

deflectional (comparative more deflectional, superlative most deflectional)

  1. Of or pertaining to deflection.
    • In this case the governing deflectional mode is symmetric and the critical load, denoted by qer, corresponds to the relative maximum (in absolute value) of Q for the load-displacement relation given by eqs.2012, George J. Simitses, Dynamic Stability of Suddenly Loaded Structures, page 148

Forms of deflectional

comparativemore deflectional
superlativemost deflectional
alternative UK (dated)deflexional

Questions about deflectional

What does deflectional mean?
Deflectional means of or pertaining to deflection.
What part of speech is deflectional?
Deflectional is an adjective.

Words near deflectional in the dictionary

  1. deflection
  2. deflection change
  3. deflection changes
  4. deflection difference
  5. deflection differences
  6. deflectional
  7. deflections
  8. deflective
  9. deflectometer
  10. deflectometers
  11. deflectometric

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