reflection

1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected.
3. 1. Mental concentration; careful consideration.
   2. A thought or an opinion resulting from such consideration.
4. An indirect expression of censure or discredit: a reflection on his integrity.
5. A manifestation or result: Her achievements are a reflection of her courage.
6. Anatomy.
   1. The folding of a membrane from the wall of a cavity over an organ and back to the wall.
   2. The folds so made.

(1) A characteristic of light (see reflective).

(2) A feature of some programming languages and scripting languages that allows them to change their own structure at runtime. It typically refers to interpreted languages that can, for example, accept source code as input, which modifies the program's original behavior when executed. A compiler may also provide meta-data that can be used for reflection at runtime. See also reflection mapping.

(3) (Reflection) A family of connectivity software from Attachmate Corporation that runs under Windows. Reflection products include terminal emulation for Unix, HP, OpenVMS, IBM and X Window as well as NFS support for clients and NT servers. The Reflection line was originally the flagship product offering of WRQ, Inc., which Attachmate acquired in 2005.

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noun

1. Something that is reflected: image. See show/hide.
2. Imitative reproduction, as of the style of another: echo, imitation, reflex, repetition. See same/different/compare.
3. The act or process of thinking: brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, excogitation, meditation, rumination, speculation, thought. See thoughts.
4. An implied criticism: reproach, slur. See praise/blame.

Definition: criticism
Antonyms: praise

The act of elevating and folding back the mucoperiosteum, thereby exposing the underlying bone.

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The change of direction which a ray of light, sound, or radiant heat undergoes when it strikes a surface; also see law of reflection.

Reflections exercise an enduring fascination for photographers; but they are harder to photograph than to resist. The most usual problem with reflections in water, apart from ripples destroying the resolution, is determining the ideal exposure: the reflection is almost always darker than the object reflected, though there are a few lighting conditions where this is not so. If the disparity is too great, a graduated grey filter can prove a useful remedy. If there is too great an expanse of smooth, featureless water in the foreground, tossing in a pebble or two to create ripples can be useful.

Reflections in other materials—glass, mirrors, chrome automobile trim, and more—are often let down by lack of depth of field; this can sometimes be used creatively, throwing either the reflector or the reflected subject out of focus. For a plane surface, a reflection is at the same effective distance as the subject from the reflective surface. In other words, if the reflector is a metre from the camera, and the subject reflected is 3 metres (10 ft) from the reflector, then the effective distance of the subject from the camera is 1 + 3 = 4 metres. For curved reflectors, the effective distance may well vary.

— Roger W. Hicks

A bouncing of light off a surface. People see themselves in mirrors through reflection. (Compare refraction.)

A turning or bending back, such as the folds produced when a membrane passes over the surface of an organ and then passes back to the body wall that it lines.

n.

An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilbagekastning, refleksion, genskær, eftertanke

idioms:

• on reflection    ved nærmere eftertanke

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezinning, aanmerking, (af-/be)spiegeling, weerkaatsing

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) reflet, image, réflexion, pensée, remarque, idée (que), critique

idioms:

• on reflection    à la réflexion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reflexion, Nachdenken, Spiegelung, Spiegelbild

idioms:

• on reflection    bei weiterem Nachdenken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντανάκλαση, συλλογισμός, στοχασμός, (βαθιά) σκέψη, επίκριση, αμφισβήτηση, είδωλο, εικόνα

idioms:

• on reflection    μετά από σκέψη

Italiano (Italian)
riflessione

idioms:

• on reflection    ripensandoci

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reflexão (f), comentário (m)

idioms:

• on reflection    refletindo, considerando

Русский (Russian)
обдумывание, отражение

idioms:

• on reflection    по размышлении

Español (Spanish)
n. - reflexión, meditación, reflejo

idioms:

• on reflection    pensándolo mejor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spegelbild, eftertanke

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
反射, 反射光, 回声, 回响, 映象, 倒影

idioms:

• on reflection    考虑后

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 反射, 反射光, 回聲, 回響, 映象, 倒影

idioms:

• on reflection    考慮後

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 반사 , 숙고 , 비난, 꼭 닮은 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 反射, 反響, 反射光, 映像, 生き写し, 意見, 熟考, 反省, 非難

idioms:

• on reflection    よく考えて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إنعكاس, , صورة منعكسه, تفكير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השתקפות, מחשבה, בבואה, החזרה, רעיון, הערה, דופי, אשמה, פגיעה‬

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