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reflexion

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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},  {meditation}, 
  {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}]




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