undeflected
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undeflected (not comparable)
- Not deflected.
- 1887, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887[1]:
- By sliding this prism in front of the spectrum I can deflect outward any portion of the spectrum I like, and by a mirror can reflect it through a second lens, forming a patch of light on the screen overlapping the patch of light formed by the undeflected rays.
- 1920, Various, Recent Developments in European Thought[2]:
- A lump of matter flying in space might enter our solar system with such speed as to be able to pass through and go on its way almost undeflected.