Deflector is an English word with synonyms like device. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Deflector meaning
- Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles.
- A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion.
- A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
Synonyms of Deflector
Using Deflector
- The main meaning on this page is: Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles. | A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion. | A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield.
- Useful related words include: device.
- In the example corpus, deflector often appears in combinations such as: metal deflector, deflector wedges, deflector that.
Context around Deflector
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deflector
- In this selection, "deflector" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, metal, blast, flame, wedges, device and plates stand out and add context to how "deflector" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gas deflector was added and b flame deflector the mobile. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deflector" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deflector
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The wheels are new, and there’s a new four-pipe exhaust deflector. (13 words)
During the maintenance period, a jet blast deflector collapsed, severely injuring two sailors. (13 words)
A gas deflector was added to the charging handle to prevent gas from contacting the user. (16 words)
The first of his radio plays to make his reputation was Mathry Beacon (1956), which is about a small detachment of men and women still guarding a Top Secret "missile deflector" somewhere in Wales, years after the war has ended. (40 words)
In addition to catapult launches at varying power levels, a three-week test plan included dual-aircraft jet blast deflector testing and catapult launches using a degraded catapult configuration to measure the effects of steam ingestion on the aircraft. (39 words)
McLaren has fitted a movable carbon deflector that can re-direct air from the car's nose and into a clam that sits just below where the occupants' heads are. (30 words)
Deflector plates were a brute-force method of firing through a prop arc by diverting a small number of bullets, but would they work in combat? (26 words)
Example sentences (15)
His aircraft had been fitted with a deflector device, whereby metal deflector wedges were fitted to the airscrew.
During the test, about 450,000 gallons of water poured onto the Pad B flame deflector, the mobile launcher flame hole and on the launcher’s blast deck.
Deflector plates were a brute-force method of firing through a prop arc by diverting a small number of bullets, but would they work in combat?
McLaren has fitted a movable carbon deflector that can re-direct air from the car's nose and into a clam that sits just below where the occupants' heads are.
The components of light making up each of those images will have travelled slightly different distances on their journey to Earth as the light bends around the foreground deflector.
They travelled in comfort in the lorry cab, or sometimes on top of the cab in the wind deflector and underneath the trailer on a pallet shelf.
The wheels are new, and there’s a new four-pipe exhaust deflector.
A gas deflector was added to the charging handle to prevent gas from contacting the user.
A spent case deflector was incorporated into the upper receiver immediately behind the ejection port to prevent cases from striking left-handed users.
During the maintenance period, a jet blast deflector collapsed, severely injuring two sailors.
In addition to catapult launches at varying power levels, a three-week test plan included dual-aircraft jet blast deflector testing and catapult launches using a degraded catapult configuration to measure the effects of steam ingestion on the aircraft.
Saulnier's work on metal deflector wedges attached to propeller blades was taken forward by Garros; he eventually had a workable installation fitted to his Morane-Saulnier Type L aircraft.
Stage 7 was where the Enterprise-B's bridge, deflector room and corridors were built and filmed.
The first of his radio plays to make his reputation was Mathry Beacon (1956), which is about a small detachment of men and women still guarding a Top Secret "missile deflector" somewhere in Wales, years after the war has ended.
This ship is equipped with a cloaking device, deflector shields, a tractor beam, a prototype agony booth, and different exterior markings.
Common combinations with deflector
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: