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reflection

reflection

27 2.4
Light, sound, or heat bouncing off a surface instead of going through it
  • noun
  • /rɪˈflɛkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reflexión
  • Meguet watched the colors in the water swirl, forming a reflection of her face.
  • reflection of light
  • angle of reflection
  • reflection and refraction

So this, this you can see the light reflection.

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Examples

  • What we're really seeing is reflection of the sun, which means nothing.

  • Wow, that is definitely picking up a reflection from the light.

  • You can see the reflection of the match head in the bullet.

    Trigger Man (2007)

  • I could see this very bright red light, and it would change to kind of a blue light, and the reflection off the clouds.

    The Fourth Kind (2009)

  • Clear suddenly looks in the window of the diner and sees a reflection of a bus coming.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • With the door open, the light's reflection formed a halo over her father's head.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The reflection of the sun was causing head-on collisions on Wilshire.

    Thank You for Smoking (2005)

  • Off in the distance, the pile, a jewel outcropping, gave off minor reflections in a hundred colors.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The reflection of the trees on the lake created a stunning view at sunset.

  • During the lecture, we studied the reflection of light in different materials, like glass and water.

Synonyms

reflectivity
vsreflection
  • Specialized
1 6.1

How much light or heat a surface sends back

is the process of light bouncing off a surface rather than a measured property
reflectance
vsreflection
  • Specialized
1 7.9

The amount of light a surface sends back

is about the process of energy bouncing, not the numeric proportion
reflexion
vsreflection
  • Archaic
6.6

The return of light, sound, or heat from a surface, for example an image in a mirror

is identical in meaning but is an alternative historical or variant spelling

Antonyms

transmission
  • Specialized
356 4.1

The sending of signals or data from one device to another

absorption
  • Specialized
21 4.6

A material takes in energy or a substance from another material

Compounds

angle of reflection
  • Specialized
1 5.1

The angle between a reflected light ray and a line at right angles to the surface where it hits

coefficient of reflection
  • Specialized
8.2

Part of incoming light or heat that bounces off a surface

reflection factor
  • Specialized
7.4

Part of light that bounces off a surface, like a mirror

sound reflection
  • Specialized
3.8

A bounce of sound you hear again after it hits a surface

space-reflection symmetry
  • Specialized
9.9

Physical laws do not change when left and right are swapped

How Reflective

reflection
  • Specialized
27 2.4
scattering
  • Specialized
2 6.7
absorption
  • Specialized
21 4.6

Surface Forms

reflection singular
reflections plural

Morphology

reflection = reflect (transparent) = reflect + ion

The noun 'reflection' is transparently derived from the verb 'reflect', indicating the process or result of reflecting.

Etymology

Reflection comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and flect 'bend', giving the idea of waves or rays 'bending back' off a surface. That's why reflection in physics is the way light, sound, or heat bounces back instead of passing through.