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  • Look up deflector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deflector may refer to: Fire screen Jet blast deflector Shields (Star Trek) Wind deflector All pages...
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    In American football, a pass deflected, also known as a pass deflection, a pass defended, a pass defensed, a pass knockdown, or a pass breakup, is an...
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  • An acousto-optic deflector (AOD) is a device that uses the interaction between sound waves and light waves to deflect or redirect a laser beam. AODs are...
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    Smoke deflectors, sometimes called "blinkers" in the UK because of their strong resemblance to the blinkers used on horses, and "elephant ears" in US railway...
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    privacy, resilience and self-determination, to protect and promote human rights and press freedom online. Deflect was founded by digital security expert and...
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    A window deflector is mounted above the doors of some automobiles, to protect the inside of the car from rain or other precipitation in case of slightly...
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    A urine deflector is a device for deflecting the stream of urine during urination. These may be part of a chamber pot, latrine or toilet intended for the...
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    A flame deflector, flame diverter or flame trench is a structure or device designed to redirect or disperse the flame, heat, and exhaust gases produced...
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  • runway (STOL). The basic principle is to deflect the slipstream from one or more propellers approximately 90 degrees, to create an upward thrust for vertical...
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  • Deflection (redirect from Deflect)
    Look up deflect or deflection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deflection or deflexion may refer to: Deflection (chess), a tactic that forces an opposing...
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    A jet blast deflector (JBD) or blast fence is a safety device that redirects the high energy exhaust from a jet engine to prevent damage and injury. The...
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    a beam of electrons used to produce a picture, or the relativistic bending of light due to gravity. An object's deflective efficiency can never equal...
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    sometimes known as an energy shield, force shield, energy bubble, or deflector shield, is a barrier produced by something like energy, negative energy...
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    known as a pilot, is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the track that might otherwise damage or derail it or the...
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  • referred to as deflectors, deflector shields, or (in Star Trek: The Original Series) screens. Types of shields include navigational deflectors. The term...
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  • a colloquial phrase that refers to a person to whom blame is deliberately and falsely attributed in order to deflect blame from another party. The origin...
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    A parry is a fencing bladework maneuver intended to deflect or block an incoming attack. To execute a parry, fencers strike the opponent's foible, or the...
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    individuals", subject to government, corporate, or criminal spying or harassment, have developed websites, conference calls, and support meetings to discuss their...
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    Piston (redirect from Deflector piston)
    cylinder and encourages gas flow to rotate around a vertical axis, rather than a horizontal axis. Media related to Deflector pistons at Wikimedia Commons...
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    referred to as induced flow. Lift on an airfoil is an example of the application of Newton's third law of motion – the force required to deflect the air...
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