Turning+aside
121diversion — A turning aside or altering the natural course or route of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized change or alteration of a water course to the prejudice of a lower riparian, or to the unauthorized use of funds …
122departure — A leaving, such as the departure of a bus from the station; a turning aside from a usual route. A changing of the cause of action or defense alleged in a pleading, either in substance or the law upon which it is founded, in an amendment to the… …
123deflection — [dē flek′shən, diflek′shən] n. [LL deflexio < L deflexus, pp. of DEFLECT] 1. a) a deflecting or being deflected; a turning aside, bending, or deviation b) the amount of this 2. the deviation from the zero mark of the needle or pointer of a… …
124deform — [dē fôrm′, difôrm′] vt. [ME deformen < OFr deformer < L deformare < de , from + forma, FORM] 1. to impair the form or shape of 2. to make ugly; disfigure 3. Physics to change the shape of by pressure or stress vi. to become deformed SYN …
125departure — [dē pär′chər, dipär′chər] n. [ME < OFr departeure] 1. a departing, or going away 2. a starting out, as on a trip or new course of action 3. a deviation or turning aside (from) 4. Archaic death 5. Naut. the distance due east or west from the… …
126diversion — [də vʉr′zhən, də vʉr′shən; dīvʉr′zhən, dīvʉr′shən] n. [ME diversioun < ML diversio (for LL deversio)] 1. a diverting or turning aside [diversion of funds from the treasury] 2. distraction of attention [diversion of the enemy] 3. anything that… …
127Irondequoit — [i rän′də kwoit΄, i rän′dəkwät΄] [< Seneca onyiumdaondagwat, lit., a turning aside from the lake] city in NW N.Y., near Rochester: pop. 52,000 …
128obliquity — [ə blik′wə tē] n. pl. obliquities [ME obliquitee < L obliquitas] 1. the state or quality of being oblique 2. an oblique statement, action, etc. 3. a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking 4. Astron. the angle between the planes of… …
