Reflect(v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
Reflect(v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Reflect(v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
Reflect(v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
Reflect(v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
Reflect(v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
Reflected(a.) Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.
Reflected(a.) Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.
Reflected(a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
Reflected(imp. & p. p.) of Reflect
Reflectent(a.) Bending or flying back; reflected.
Reflectent(a.) Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.
Reflectible(a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.
Reflecting(a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.
Reflecting(a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
Reflecting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reflect
Reflectingly(adv.) With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
Reflection(n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
Reflection(n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
Reflection(n.) 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.
Reflection(n.) Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
Reflection(n.) That which is produced by reflection.
Reflection(n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
Reflection(n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
Reflection(n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
Reflection(n.) Censure; reproach cast.
Reflection(n.) 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.
Reflective(a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
Reflective(a.) Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
Reflective(a.) Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.
Reflective(a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
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