Desvio

n. aberration, deviation; detour; alienation; deflection

v. deviate, turn aside; divert, dissuade; deflect

v. divert, deflect; detour, deviate; err, avert; swerve; diverge, digress; depart; head off, ward off

= diversion, fork.
Ex: Many librarians feel threatened by the diversion of funds away from collection building to providing service and integrating technology.
Ex: The road of special librarianship was branching, and in order to succeed members had to look down both forks in order to be best prepared for the future ahead.

= deflect, divert.
Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
----
* desviar a = shunt into.
* desviar el debate de ... a = wrest + discussion + away from ... to.
* desviar fondos = divert + funds.
* desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off.
* desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.
* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.
* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off + on side excursions.

Contorno
By-pass

Desvio
Deflection

Average deviation

Average

Válvula de desvio
Válvula de passagem
Válvula de by-pass
By-pass valve