| deflection | 1. The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, especially. Downward; deviation. "The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections." (Lowth) 2. The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. 3. <optics> A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. 4. <engineering> The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load. Origin: L. Deflexio, fr. Deflectere: cf. F. Deflexion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| deflection coils | <microscopy> The electromagnetic coils that steer the electron beam in a cathode-ray tube or image pickup tube, for example, in a raster scan (05 Aug 1998) |
| intrinsic deflection | <physiology> With the electrode in direct contact with the muscle fibre, a rapid downward deflection from the peak of maximum positivity, signifying that the activation front has reached the subjacent muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrinsicoid deflection | The abrupt downstroke from maximum positivity when the electrode is placed not directly on the muscle but at a distance, as in the unipolar chest leads in clinical electrocardiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| attitude | An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude of health personnel | Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to computers | The attitude and behaviour associated with an individual using the computer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to death | Conceptual response of the individual to the various aspects of death, which are based on his psychosocial and cultural experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| attitude to health | Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal attitude | Relationship of one foetal part to another. Synonym: foetal attitude. (05 Mar 2000) |