deflection
Distraction stands for:
- Deviation (navigation) , the deflection of a magnetic compass
- Deflection, changing the direction of propagation of a light beam or the direction of movement of an object, see deflection angle ; Technical term of classical physics
- Diffraction (physics) , the deflection of waves at an obstacle
- Deflection, the change in direction of electrically charged particles, see deflection system ; physical-technical term
- Concentration disorder, the distraction of attention during activities; medical, educational, psychotherapeutic and psychiatric terms
- Enticing , distracting predators from the nest and brood in birds; ornithological technical term
- Distraction (chess) , tactical motif in the game of chess
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Wiktionary: distraction - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations