Dictionary Definition
reflection
Noun
1 a calm lengthy intent consideration [syn:
contemplation,
reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]
2 the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or
sound) being thrown back from a surface [syn: reflexion]
3 expression without words; "tears are an
expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's
condition" [syn: expression, manifestation, reflexion]
4 the image of something as reflected by a mirror
(or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the
mirror" [syn: reflexion]
5 a likeness in which left and right are reversed
[syn: mirror
image, reflexion]
6 (mathematics) a transformation in which the
direction of one axis is reversed
7 a remark expressing careful consideration [syn:
observation,
reflexion]
8 the ability to reflect beams or rays [syn:
reflexion, reflectivity]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative spellings
Etymology
From the English reflexion, from the Late Latin reflexionem, from reflexio; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.Pronunciation
Noun
- the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected
- the property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror)
- something, such as an image, that is reflected
- The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.
- careful thought or
consideration
- After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.
- an implied criticism
- It is a reflection on his character that he never wavered in his resolve.
Translations
the act of reflecting; the state of being
reflected
property of a propagated wave
something that is reflected
careful thought or consideration
an implied criticism
- Arabic: انعكاس (en ekas)
- French: reflet (meanings 1, 2 and 3), réflexion (meaning 4)
- German: Abbild
- Greek: αντανάκλαση (1,2,3), είδωλο (3), σκέψη (4)
- Polish: odbicie
- Telugu: పరావర్తనము (paraavartanamu)
- Russian:[Русский] отражение
See also
Extensive Definition
Reflection or reflexion may refer to:
- Reflection
(physics), a wave phenomenon commonly observed in mirrors
- Reflection (electrical), reflected voltage in an electrical signal due to an impedance change
- Introspection, contemplation on one-self (opposite of extrospection)
- Human self-reflection, the process of thoughtful meditation or rumination
- Reflection
(mathematics), a transformation of a space
- Reflection group, a group generated by reflections
- Reflection principle, a theorem of set theory
- Reflection formula, which relates function values for arguments on opposite sides of a point
- Point reflection, a reflection across a point
- Reflection (linear algebra), a linear transformation that squares to the identity
- Reflection, a song by Tool (band)
- Reflection (song), a song by Christina Aguilera
- Reflection (computer graphics) and rendering
- Reflection (computer science), a programming language feature for metaprogramming
- Reflection (band), a German band
- Reflexion (band), a Finnish band
- Reflection (album), an album by Pentangle
- Reflection, a piece of installation art by Shane Cooper also called "Parasight"
- "Reflection", an online card game developed by Free Fall Associates
- Reflection, an episode of Power Rangers: SPD
See also
reflection in Czech: Reflexe
reflection in Danish: Refleksion
reflection in German: Reflexion
reflection in Spanish: Reflexión
reflection in French: Réflexion
reflection in Galician: Reflexión
reflection in Dutch: Reflectie
reflection in Romanian: Reflexie
reflection in Russian: Отражение
reflection in Slovak: Reflexia
reflection in Vietnamese: Reflection
reflection in Chinese: 反射 (消歧义)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal,
IM display, Parthian shot, RF echoes, S-curve, action and reaction,
address, adumbration, adverse
criticism, advisement, affirmation, albedo, allegation, animadversion, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, aspersion, assault, assertion, attack, attaint, automatic reaction,
autonomic reaction, averment, bad notices, bad
press, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, beam, beat signal, bend, bend sinister, bending, black eye, black mark,
blink, blips, blot, blur, bounceback, bounces, bow, bowing, brainwork, brand, broad arrow, brooding, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, censure, cerebration, champain, circumspection, circumspectness,
cogitation, comment, commitment to memory,
companion, conceit, concept, conception, conflexure, consideration, contemplation, cool
judgment, copy, corroboration, counsel, crack, criticism, dead ringer,
declaration,
deflection, deliberating, deliberation, depreciation, derogation, dictum, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, disparagement, display, double, double-dot display,
duplicate, echo, echo signal, effect, effigy, evidence, exact likeness,
exception, exclamation, exercise of
memory, expression,
fancy, faultfinding, fellow, flak, flashback, flection, flex, flexure, geanticline, geosyncline, good judgment,
greeting, hairpin turn,
hairsplitting,
hindsight, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism,
hypercriticalness,
hypercriticism,
ice sky, iceblink,
icon, idea, idol, image, imago, impression, imputation, incident light,
inflection, innuendo, insinuation, intellectual
object, interjection, judgment, judiciousness, knock, learning by heart, likeness, living image, living
picture, local oscillator signal, looking back, lucubration, mark, mark of Cain, match, mate, meander, meditating, meditation, memoir, memorization, memorizing, memory-trace,
mental image, mental impression, mention, miniature, mirroring, model, musing, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, note, notion, obloquy, observation, onset, onslaught, onus, opinion, outline, output signal, overcriticalness,
oxbow, perception, personal remark,
personality,
pestering, pettifogging, photograph, phrase, picture, pillorying, pips, point champain, policy, polity, pondering, portrait, position, predictable response,
priggishness,
pronouncement,
proof, providence, prudence, prudentialism, question, quibble, quibbling, radar signal,
rap, reaction, reading, recall, recalling, recept, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration,
reflectance,
reflectiveness,
reflex, reflex action,
refluence, reflux, remark, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, reply, representation, reprimand, reproach, reproachfulness,
resemblance,
respondence,
response, result, retroaction, retrospect, retrospection, return, return signal, reverberation, review, revolving, revulsion, rise, rote, rote memory, rubbing, rumination, say, saying, semblance, sentence, sentiment, shadow, sign, signal, signal display, silhouette, similitude, simulacrum, slam, slur, sly suggestion, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, snowblink, sound judgment,
soundness of judgment, speculation, spit and image,
spitting image, spot,
stain, statement, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stricture, study, subjoinder, substantiation, suggestion, supposition, sweep, swipe, symbol, taint, taking exception, target
image, tarnish, testament, testimony, theory, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness, token, trace, tracing, transmitter signal,
trichoschistism,
turn, turning, twin, uncomplimentary remark,
unthinking response, utterance, very image, very
picture, video signal, water sky, waterblink, weighing, whispering campaign,
word