Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To turn aside; deflect; specifically, in zoology, to bend down.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archery Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the energy stored by the weapon.

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  • Great Plains 'Plainsman Longbow, with reflex-deflex design, cocobolo risers, and red cedar and elm limbs, is efficient and beautiful.

    Great Plains' Plainsman Longbow 1999

  • A 3-D overlay treatment of the distinctive Nike Pro Combat deflex pattern on Peterson’s skin is symbolic of an implied transformational experience for athletes who wear the product, and creates a visually compelling closing to the ad. m-kay.

    Nike Commercial Makes Black Athlete Look Like…an Animal? An Alien? What? Renee 2009

  • A 3-D overlay treatment of the distinctive Nike Pro Combat deflex pattern on Peterson’s skin is symbolic of an implied transformational experience for athletes who wear the product, and creates a visually compelling closing to the ad. m-kay.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Renee 2009

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