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desviación — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deflection noun The act of deflecting, or an instance of something being deflected.
  • deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  • diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
  • kink noun A tight twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as hair, rope, or wire.
  • shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.

Senses

desviación is used for these senses in English:

  • deflection The act of deflecting or something deflected.
  • diversion (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
  • diversion The act of diverting.
  • diversion (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.

deflection — full definition

  1. noun The act of deflecting, or an instance of something being deflected.
  2. noun The act of avoiding a question or shifting blame elsewhere.
  3. noun Bending or movement of a structure under a load.

deviation — full definition

  1. noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  2. noun In statistics, a measure of how far a single value differs from the average.

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