deflectional

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adjective

Of or pertaining to deflection.

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Meanings

adjectivedeflectional (comparative more deflectional, superlative most deflectional)

comparative more deflectional · superlative most deflectional · alternative UK dated deflexional

  1. Of or pertaining to deflection.

    In this case the governing deflectional mode is symmetric and the critical load, denoted by qer, corresponds to the relative maximum (in absolute value) of Q for the load-displacement relation given by eqs.

    2012, George J. Simitses, Dynamic Stability of Suddenly Loaded Structures, page 148
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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