deflective

• Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'geneigt, etwas abzulenken, abzuleiten oder seitlich wegzuführen'; im heutigen Englisch selten gebraucht.

An obsolete adjective meaning tending to deflect or turn aside; rarely used in modern English.

1. Capable of changing directionC1formalscientific

   Able to cause something, such as light, sound, or a moving object, to change its path or direction.

   Ablenkend

   • The prism has a deflective surface that bends the light.
   • Deflective materials are used in soundproofing to redirect noise.
   • The shield's deflective properties protected the spacecraft from debris.

   Synonymedivertingrefractiveturning

   Antonymedirectstraightundeviating