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diversion [daɪ'vɜ:ʃ(ə)n] n
gen. 分水 River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan) ; 分水比 (ぶんすいひ) River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan) ; ダイバーション誘水路、 ゆうすいろ River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan) ; 転流 (of a river, tenryū) River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan) ; 系外放流 River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan)
n diversion | n n
gen. 慰み (to pass time); 慰め; 迂路; 憂さ晴らし; うさ晴らし; 憂さばらし; 憂晴し io; 遊び事; 気保養; 気慰み; 心遣り; 迂回路 (うかいろ); 手遊び; 陽動 (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); お楽しみ; 御楽しみ
n vs diversion | n vs n
gen. 回り道 ichi1 news2 nf35; まわり道; 廻り道; 廻り路; 回り路; 気晴らし news2 nf40 spec2; 気晴し; 牽制; けん制
n vs adj-no diversion | n vs adj-no n
gen. 転換 news1 nf02 (てんかん); 転用 news1 nf15; 流用 news1 nf18 (りゅうよう)
adj-na n diversion | adj-na n n
gen. 楽しみ ichi1 news1 nf04; 愉しみ; 気散じ
 English thesaurus
diversion [daɪ'vɜ:ʃ(ə)n] abbr.
abbr., AmE detour (брит. Bobrovska)
law an official order for criminal defendant to participate in alternative program, instead of prison; Instead of going to jail, a defendant goes to a rehabilitation "rehab" program and is supervised by a probation officer. When the defendant finishes the program, the charges are dismissed and the defendant is not sentenced
mil., abbr. div
mil., logist. A change made in a prescribed route for operational or tactical reasons. Except in the case of aircraft, a diversion order will not constitute a change of destination. (FRA)
tech., abbr. divn
USA The act of drawing the attention and forces of an enemy from the point of the principal operation; an attack, alarm, or feint that diverts attention. see also demonstration; A change made in a prescribed route for operational or tactical reasons that does not constitute a change of destination. see also demonstration; A rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination or on a different mode of transportation prior to arrival at ultimate destination. see also demonstration; In naval mine warfare, a route or channel bypassing a dangerous area by connecting one channel to another or it may branch from a channel and rejoin it on the other side of the danger (JP 3-03) see also demonstration
diversion create a n
mil., logist. Drawing the enemy assets towards an area or position which is not the one on which one wants to exercise ones main effort. FRA