deflection

noun

1. 1

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   a diversion from the main highway

   a digression into irrelevant details

2. 2

   the property of being bent or deflected

3. 3

   the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position

4. 4

   the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

5. 5

   a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting