- the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- an image; representation; counterpart.
- a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration.
- a thought occurring in consideration or meditation.
- an unfavorable remark or observation.
- the casting of some imputation or reproach.
- Physics, Optics.
- the return of light, heat, sound, etc., after striking a surface.
- something so reflected, as heat or especially light.
- Mathematics.
- (in a plane) the replacement of each point on one side of a line by the point symmetrically placed on the other side of the line.
- (in space) the replacement of each point on one side of a plane by the symmetric point on the other side of the plane.
- the bending or folding back of a part upon itself.
- the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected
- something reflected or the image so produced, as by a mirror
- careful or long consideration or thought
- implicit or explicit attribution of discredit or blame
- a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed or which changes the sign of one of the variables
- the bending back of a structure or part upon itself
