deflectorn.

/dɪˈflɛktə/

Etymology: < deflect v. + -or for -er suffix¹: the corresponding form on Latin analogies is deflexor.

1. An instrument or contrivance for deflecting; e.g. (a) a deflecting magnet; (b) a plate or diaphragm for deflecting a current of air, gas, etc.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > effect of iron on compass > devices used to correct deviation

deflector1837

Flinders bar1881

society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > spraying or sprinkling tools

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dredger1666

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spreader1810

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1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 344 Dipping needle Deflector, for measuring the Variation and Dip of the Needle.

1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §198 The ‘Deflector’, an adjustible magnet laid on the glass of the compass bowl and used..to discover the ‘semicircular’ error produced by the ship's iron.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 12/1 These sprinklers consist of a plate and a deflector..The deflector is for the purpose of breaking the column of water into spray, which falls in a dense shower over the flames.

2. attributive.

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1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 230/1 Deflector coil, a coil so arranged that a current passing through it produces a magnetic field which deflects the beam in a cathode ray tube employing magnetic deflection. Deflector plates, electrodes so arranged in a cathode ray tube that the electrostatic field produced by a difference of potential between them deflects the beam.

1961 Lancet 30 Sept. 755/1 For protection of the area in front of the face, there was no significant difference between the performances of fabric ‘filter masks’ and paper or paper-insert ‘deflector masks’.

1962 Which? Dec. 359/1 Eight of the typewriters had an erasure table which also acted as a deflector plate to stop the paper wrapping round the platen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	deflector
释义	deflectorn. /dɪˈflɛktə/ Etymology: < deflect v. + -or for -er suffix¹: the corresponding form on Latin analogies is deflexor. 1. An instrument or contrivance for deflecting; e.g. (a) a deflecting magnet; (b) a plate or diaphragm for deflecting a current of air, gas, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > effect of iron on compass > devices used to correct deviation deflector1837 Flinders bar1881 society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > spraying or sprinkling tools dust-box1581 dredger1666 dredging-box1712 spreader1810 dredge-box1812 distributor1853 deflector1887 squirter1888 sprayer1891 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 344 Dipping needle Deflector, for measuring the Variation and Dip of the Needle. 1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §198 The ‘Deflector’, an adjustible magnet laid on the glass of the compass bowl and used..to discover the ‘semicircular’ error produced by the ship's iron. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 12/1 These sprinklers consist of a plate and a deflector..The deflector is for the purpose of breaking the column of water into spray, which falls in a dense shower over the flames. 2. attributive. ΚΠ 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 230/1 Deflector coil, a coil so arranged that a current passing through it produces a magnetic field which deflects the beam in a cathode ray tube employing magnetic deflection. Deflector plates, electrodes so arranged in a cathode ray tube that the electrostatic field produced by a difference of potential between them deflects the beam. 1961 Lancet 30 Sept. 755/1 For protection of the area in front of the face, there was no significant difference between the performances of fabric ‘filter masks’ and paper or paper-insert ‘deflector masks’. 1962 Which? Dec. 359/1 Eight of the typewriters had an erasure table which also acted as a deflector plate to stop the paper wrapping round the platen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1837
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