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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Ego :: Ego (n.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego..
Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..
Catoptrics :: Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics..
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
Surmised :: Surmise (n.) Reflection; thought.
Reflector :: Reflector (n.) One who, or that which, reflects..
Reflected :: Reflected (imp. & p. p.) of Reflec.
Chromatoscope :: Chromatoscope (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars..
Headlight :: Headlight (n.) A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel..
Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Catoptron :: Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.
Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind..
Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..
Holophotal :: Holophotal (a.) Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.
Blaze :: Blaze (v. i.) To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.
Fluorescence :: Fluorescence (n.) That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident l
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life..
Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
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