Reflection (IPA: /ɹɪˈfɫɛkʃən/)
| Reflection (n.) |
The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. |
| Reflection (n.) |
The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below. |
| Reflection (n.) |
The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard. |
| Reflection (n.) |
Shining; brightness, as of the sun. |
| Reflection (n.) |
That which is produced by reflection. |
| Reflection (n.) |
An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart. |
| Reflection (n.) |
A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane. |
| Reflection (n.) |
Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth. |
| Reflection (n.) |
Censure; reproach cast. |
| Reflection (n.) |
The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex. |
| Reflection |
Change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated |
| Reflection |
Mapping from a Euclidean space to itself that is an isometry with a hyperplane as a set of fixed points |
| Reflection |
Ability of a process to examine and modify itself |
| Reflection |
German metal band |
| Reflection |
Simulation of reflective surfaces |
| Reflection Synonyms |
Thoughtfulness, Rumination, Musing, Contemplation, Reflexion |
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Manifestation, Expression, Reflexion |
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Mirror Image, Reflexion |
| Reflection Synonyms |
Observation, Reflexion |
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Reflexion |
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Reflexion |
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Reflectivity, Reflexion |
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