Chinese symbol for “deflection”
偏转
piān zhuǎn
Traditional: 偏轉
deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deflection is 偏转 (piān zhuǎn), defined as: deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “deflection”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏角 | piān jiǎo | angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course) |
| 挠曲 (撓曲) | náo qū | to bend; flexing |
| 偏转角 (偏轉角) | piān zhuǎn jiǎo | angle of drift (navigation); deflection (from course) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 偏转.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏见 (偏見) | piān jiàn | prejudice; bias |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth; to prefer |
| 偏离 (偏離) | piān lí | to deviate; to diverge |
| 偏好 | piān hào | to have a special liking (for sth) |
| 偏差 | piān chā | deviation; bias |
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deflection”.
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