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  • English Word Reflected Definition Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
  • English Word Reflectent Definition Bending or flying back; reflected.
  • English Word Reflectent Definition Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.
  • English Word Reflectible Definition Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.
  • English Word Reflecting Definition of Reflect
  • English Word Reflecting Definition Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.
  • English Word Reflecting Definition Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
  • English Word Reflectingly Definition With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
  • English Word Reflection Definition The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
  • English Word Reflection Definition The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
  • English Word Reflection Definition 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.
  • English Word Reflection Definition Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
  • English Word Reflection Definition That which is produced by reflection.
  • English Word Reflection Definition An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
  • English Word Reflection Definition A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
  • English Word Reflection Definition Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
  • English Word Reflection Definition Censure; reproach cast.
  • English Word Reflection Definition 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.
  • English Word Reflective Definition Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
  • English Word Reflective Definition Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
  • English Word Reflective Definition Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.
  • English Word Reflective Definition Reflexive; reciprocal.
  • English Word Reflector Definition One who, or that which, reflects.
  • English Word Reflector Definition Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.
  • English Word Reflector Definition A reflecting telescope.
  • English Word Reflector Definition A device for reflecting sound.
  • English Word Reflex Definition Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
  • English Word Reflex Definition Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.
  • English Word Reflex Definition Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.
  • English Word Reflex Definition Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.