Plural of deflection
regular plural
The plural of deflection is deflections.
Forms of deflection
| Singular | deflection /dɪˈflɛkʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | deflections |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Deflections in a sentence
- The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
- “‘I’m focused on the future’ is one of the most generic store-brand fuckboy deflections there is,” Oliver fumed.2024 October 7, John Oliver, quotee, “John Oliver on VP debate’s ‘civility’: ‘Etiquette is kind of beside the point’”, in The Guardian...
- Sackler offered testimony largely pocked with faint or absent recollections, terse statements and deflections to his legal team.2021 August 18, Jan Hoffman, “Richard Sackler Says Family and Purdue Bear No Responsibility for Opioid Crisis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry pocked
- This condition can result in problems ranging from high pilot control force necessary to move the rudder to uncommanded rudder deflections.2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and…. From the entry galling
- The air stream convectively cooling the device affects both the critical buckling values of the electric current and the postbuckling deflections of the structure.2016, Yoav Kessler, Slava Krylov, Alex Liberzone, “Flow sensing by buckling monitoring of electrothermally actuated double-clamp ed micro…. From the entry postbuckling
Meaning of deflection
- noun The act of deflecting or something deflected.
- noun Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position.
- noun The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.).
Questions about the plural of deflection
- What is the plural of deflection?
- The plural of deflection is deflections.
- Is deflection countable?
- Deflection is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deflection (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of deflection.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/deflection. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.