Definition of reflect

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Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams..

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Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc..
Deliberation :: Deliberation (n.) The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection..
Thought :: Thought (n.) The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective..
Reverberation :: Reverberation (n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace..
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
White :: White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin..
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror..
Record :: Record (v. i.) To reflect; to ponder.
Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..
Reverberative :: Reverberative (a.) Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.
Squid :: Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate..
Superregal :: Superreflection (n.) The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Debuscope :: Debuscope (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.
Shine :: Shine (v. t.) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them..
Claude Lorraine Glass :: Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape..
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