defleksi

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch deflexie (“deflection, deflexion”).

• IPA^(key): /de.ˈflɛk.si/
• Rhymes: -si
• Hyphenation: de‧flek‧si

defleksi (plural defleksi-defleksi, first-person possessive defleksiku, second-person possessive defleksimu, third-person possessive defleksinya)

1. deflection:
   1. the act of deflecting or something deflected.
   2. the deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

      Synonym: simpangan

      Synonym: pesongan (Standard Malay)

   3. (linguistics) the degeneration of a language's inflectional system over time.
   4. (physics) the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane surface.

      Synonym: pembelokan

      Synonym: pemesongan (Standard Malay)

• “defleksi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.