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undeflected

undeflected adjective: not deflected.

Adjective

undeflected (not comparable)

  1. Not deflected.
    • By sliding this prism in front of the spectrum I can deflect outward any portion of the spectrum I like, and by a mirror can reflect it through a second lens, forming a patch of light on the screen overlapping the patch of light formed by the undeflected rays.1887, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887
    • A lump of matter flying in space might enter our solar system with such speed as to be able to pass through and go on its way almost undeflected.1920, Various, Recent Developments in European Thought

Origin of undeflected

From un- + deflected.

Questions about undeflected

What does undeflected mean?
Undeflected means not deflected.
What part of speech is undeflected?
Undeflected is an adjective.

Words near undeflected in the dictionary

  1. undefinitive
  2. undefinitized
  3. undeflated
  4. undeflectable
  5. undeflectably
  6. undeflected
  7. undeflectible
  8. undeflowered
  9. undefoliated
  10. undeform
  11. undeformability

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