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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf.
     F. r['e]flexion. See Riflect.] [Written also reflexion.]
     1. The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the
        state of being reflected. Specifically:
        (a) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a
            surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The eye sees not itself,
                  But by reflection, by some other things. --Shak.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) 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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  By reflection, . . . I would be understood to
                  mean, that notice which the mind takes of its
                  own operations, and the manner of them, by
                  reason whereof there come to be ideas of these
                  operations in the understanding.  --Locke.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  This delight grows and improves under thought
                  and reflection.                   --South.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically:
        (a) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a
            reflected counterpart.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  As the sun water we can bear,
                  Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there.
                                                    --Dryden.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the
            reflection of a membrane.
        (c) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after
            attentive consideration or contemplation; especially,
            thoughts suggested by truth.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate
                  did at the same time afflict and encourage him.
                                                    --Atterbury.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Censure; reproach cast.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He died; and oh! may no reflection shed
              Its poisonous venom on the royal dead. --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Physiol.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of
        light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the
        perpendicular to the surface.
  
     Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle,
        under Critical.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation;
          consideration; musing; thinking.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reflexion \Re*flex"ion\ (-fl?k"sh?n), n.
     See Reflection. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf.
     F. r['e]flexion. See Riflect.] [Written also reflexion.]
     1. The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the
        state of being reflected. Specifically:
        (a) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a
            surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
  
                  The eye sees not itself, But by reflection, by
                  some other things.                --Shak.
        (b) 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.
  
                  By reflection, . . . I would be understood to
                  mean, that notice which the mind takes of its
                  own operations, and the manner of them, by
                  reason whereof there come to be ideas of these
                  operations in the understanding.  --Locke.
  
                  This delight grows and improves under thought
                  and reflection.                   --South.
  
     2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically:
        (a) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a
            reflected counterpart.
  
                  As the sun water we can bear, Yet not the sun,
                  but his reflection, there.        --Dryden.
        (b) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the
            reflection of a membrane.
        (c) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after
            attentive consideration or contemplation; especially,
            thoughts suggested by truth.
  
                  Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate
                  did at the same time afflict and encourage him.
                                                    --Atterbury.
  
     4. Censure; reproach cast.
  
              He died; and oh! may no reflection shed Its
              poisonous venom on the royal dead.    --Prior.
  
     5. (Physiol.) 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.
  
     Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of
        light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the
        perpendicular to the surface.
  
     Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle,
        under Critical.
  
     Syn: Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation;
          consideration; musing; thinking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reflexion \Re*flex"ion\ (-fl?k"sh?n), n.
     See Reflection. --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  reflexion
       n 1: the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being
            thrown back from a surface [syn: reflection]
       2: expression without words; "tears are an expression of
          grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's
          condition" [syn: expression, manifestation, reflection]
       3: a remark expressing careful consideration [syn: observation,
           reflection]
       4: a calm lengthy intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection,
           rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]
       5: the ability to reflect beams or rays [syn: reflection, reflectivity]
       6: a likeness in which left and right are reversed [syn: mirror
          image, reflection]
       7: the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other
          reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the
          mirror" [syn: reflection]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     Swedish n.
     c (dated spelling of sv reflektion t=reflection)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Reflexion
     German n.
     1 f reflection (gloss: act of reflecting; thinking)
     2 f (lb de optics) reflection (gloss: the state of being reflected)
     3 f (lb de object-oriented programming) reflection

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     n.
     (dated spelling of en reflection)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     Swedish n.
     c (dated spelling of sv reflektion t=reflection)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Reflexion
     German n.
     1 f reflection (gloss: act of reflecting; thinking)
     2 f (lb de optics) reflection (gloss: the state of being reflected)
     3 f (lb de object-oriented programming) reflection

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     Swedish n.
     c (dated spelling of sv reflektion t=reflection)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Reflexion
     German n.
     1 f reflection (gloss: act of reflecting; thinking)
     2 f (lb de optics) reflection (gloss: the state of being reflected)
     3 f (lb de object-oriented programming) reflection

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     n.
     1 (tagg fysik optik) återkastande av våg
     2 det att tänka noggrant eller djupt, eftertanke, begrundan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Reflexion
     Tyska n.
     reflexion

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  reflexion
     n.
     1 (tagg fysik optik) återkastande av våg
     2 det att tänka noggrant eller djupt, eftertanke, begrundan

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Reflexion /rˌɛflɛksjˈoːn/ 
  reflection , reflexion  [archaic]
     Synonyms: Spiegelung, Widerspiegelung
  
   see: Reflexionen, Spiegelungen, Widerspiegelungen, diffuse Reflexion, Streulicht

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Reflexion /rˌɛflɛksjˈoːn/ 
  reverberation 
     Synonym: Zurückstrahlen

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Reflexion /ʁeflɛˈksi̯oːn/ 
  réflexion 2.
  Optik: Widerspiegelung, Zurückgeworfenwerden, zum Beispiel von Licht im Spiegel oder Schall von einer Fläche
   3.
  vertieftes Nachdenken
   4.
  Objektorientierte Programmierung: Fähigkeit eines Programms, seine eigene Struktur zu kennen und diese, wenn nötig, zu modifizieren

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Reflexion /ʁeflɛˈksi̯oːn/ 
  refleksi 2.
  Optik: Widerspiegelung, Zurückgeworfenwerden, zum Beispiel von Licht im Spiegel oder Schall von einer Fläche
   3.
  Objektorientierte Programmierung: Fähigkeit eines Programms, seine eigene Struktur zu kennen und diese, wenn nötig, zu modifizieren

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Reflexion /rˌɛflɛksjˈoːn/
  reflectie, terugkaatsing, weerspiegeling

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Reflexion /ʁeflɛˈksi̯oːn/ 
  1. отражение
  Optik: Widerspiegelung, Zurückgeworfenwerden, zum Beispiel von Licht im Spiegel oder Schall von einer Fläche
  2. рефлексия
  vertieftes Nachdenken

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Reflexion /ʁeflɛˈksi̯oːn/ 
  reflexion 2.
  Optik: Widerspiegelung, Zurückgeworfenwerden, zum Beispiel von Licht im Spiegel oder Schall von einer Fläche
   3.
  vertieftes Nachdenken