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n. Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.

n. That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).

n. A plate, diaphragm, or cone in a lamp, furnace, or stove, to bring the flame and gases into intimate contact and improve the combustion.

n. A device for causing the nozle of a hydraulic mining machine to move in any desired direction.

n. In general, something which deflects.

n. See the extract.

n. a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

"The total system provides energy for its primary application, propelling the USS Enterprise through space, as well as its secondary application, powering the defensive shields, phaser arrays, tractor beam, main deflector, and computer cores."

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