deflector

deflect +‎ -or

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

deflector (plural deflectors)

1. Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
   • 1992 Nasa Patents Available for Licensing from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

     The deflector assembly contains a plurality of vanes which change the direction of the solar energy to the vertical, while constantly keeping the same side of the deflector facing the sun.

2. A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
3. (science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
   • 1945 May 1, Murray Leinster, “First Contact”, in Astounding Stories, volume 35, number 3:

     The blasters are those beams of ravening destruction which take care of recalcitrant meteorites in a spaceship's course when the deflectors can't handle them.

   • 1966 September 22, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, Where No Man Has Gone Before (Star Trek), episode 3, written by Samuel A. Peeples:

     Deflectors say there's something there, sensors say there isn't. Density negative. Radiation negative. Energy negative.

• smoke deflector

dēflector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dēflectō

deflector (feminine singular deflectora, masculine plural deflectores, feminine plural deflectoras)

1. defecting

deflector m (plural deflectores)

1. deflector
2. baffle, baffle plate