Definition of reflection

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Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane..

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Observation :: Observation (n.) The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Irreflection :: Irreflection (n.) Want of reflection.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind..
Considerer :: Considerer (n.) One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker.
Image :: Image (n.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror..
Reflectingly :: Reflectingly (adv.) With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully..
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..
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth..
Moonglade :: Moonglade (n.) The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
Reflexion :: Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.
Catacaustic :: Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a..
Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..
Unthinking :: Unthinking (a.) Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
Slant :: Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
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