REFLECTION
\ɹɪflˈɛkʃən], \ɹɪflˈɛkʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_f_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REFLECTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a likeness in which left and right are reversed
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the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
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the ability to reflect beams or rays
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the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
By Princeton University
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a likeness in which left and right are reversed
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the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
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the ability to reflect beams or rays
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the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
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The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
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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.
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Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
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That which is produced by reflection.
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An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
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A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
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Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
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Censure; reproach cast.
By Oddity Software
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The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
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The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
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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.
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Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
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That which is produced by reflection.
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An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
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A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
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Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
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Censure; reproach cast.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of returning or throwing back; state of being returned or thrown back; as, the reflection of light; that which returned or thrown back, such as light or heat; an image given back; as, your reflection in a mirror; attentive consideration; thought; criticism; reproach; as, a reflection on one's character; the folding of a part back on itself.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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The act of reflecting: the sending back of light, beat, etc.: the state of being reflected: that which is reflected: the action of the mind by which it is conscious of its own operations: attentive consideration: contemplation: censure or reproach.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Act of reflecting; the state of being reflected; that which is reflected; thoughtful consideration, specially self-consideration; attention to states of self-consciousness or one's mental operations; the expression of thought; censure; reproach.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of reflecting or throwing back; the rebound of heat, light, or sound, or other body, from a surface against which it has struck; the action of the mind by which it views Its own operations; attentive consideration; censure or reproach.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A turning or bending back, especially the turning back of a ray of light, etc. See angle of r. under angle.
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A turning back or turning aside of a structure, as of a flap; also that point of the structure at which the folding takes place. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of reflecting or throwing back, as bodies which have impinged or struck on a surface;—the return of the rays of heat or light, or the waves of sound and the like, from a surface; —the shadow or image of an object given back from a mirror or other reflecting surface;—act or operation of the mind by which it turns its views upon itself and considers its own acts and processes; conscious thought;—attentive consideration; meditation: contemplation of the past or of the absent;- the expression of thought; result of meditation;—usually plural, utterances of truth: wise maxims; pregnant sayings;—also, censure; reproach cast.
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