defleksi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch deflexie (“deflection, deflexion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ˈflɛk.si/
  • Rhymes: -si
  • Hyphenation: de‧flek‧si

Noun

defleksi

  1. deflection:
    1. the act of deflecting or something deflected
    2. the deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position
      Synonym: simpangan
      Synonym: pesongan (Standard Malay)
    3. (linguistics) the degeneration of a language's inflectional system over time
    4. (physics) the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane surface
      Synonym: pembelokan
      Synonym: pemesongan (Standard Malay)

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