Crossword-Solution: DEFLECTOR
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Deflector | n. | That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion). |
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| Shield in "Star Trek" | 1 answer |
| Furnace device | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEFLECTOR (5)
The weight of the lower pendulum, or deflector, is supported on a disc, resting on a pin passing through the bottom of a piece of brass tubing, which is provided with an eye at its upper end.
Benham.)] The action of the Twin Elliptic Pendulum is more complicated than that of the Rectilinear, as the harmony ratio is not between the swings of deflector and upper pendulum, but rather between the swings of the deflector and that of the system as a whole.
Assuming that the length of the deflector is kept constant—and in practice this is found to be convenient—the ratios can be altered by altering the weights of one or both pendulums and by adjustment of the upper weight.
Then, after the Sunday midday meal, Tom returned to his laboratory to work on ideas for a shock-wave deflector.
Tom, who spoke Spanish fairly well, explained to a small group of San Rosario military technicians how the quake deflector worked.
Quotes with DEFLECTOR (2)
Were you planning to jump off?"“Not on pizza day. Never on pizza day, which is one of the better days of the week.” I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.
Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1973).