reflection 音标拼音: [rəfl'ɛkʃən] [rɪfl'ɛkʃən]
n . 反映,沉思,映像,思考,想法,责难
反映,沈思,映射,思考,想法,责难
reflection 半反射
reflection 反射
reflection n 1 :
a calm ,
lengthy ,
intent consideration [
synonym :
{
contemplation }, {
reflection }, {
reflexion }, {
rumination },
{
musing }, {
thoughtfulness }]
2 :
the phenomenon of a propagating wave (
light or sound )
being thrown back from a surface [
synonym : {
reflection }, {
reflexion }]
3 :
expression without words ; "
tears are an expression of grief ";
"
the pulse is a reflection of the heart '
s condition " [
synonym :
{
expression }, {
manifestation }, {
reflection }, {
reflexion }]
4 :
a likeness in which left and right are reversed [
synonym : {
mirror image }, {
reflection }, {
reflexion }]
5 :
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (
or other reflective material ); "
he studied his reflection in the mirror " [
synonym : {
reflection }, {
reflexion }]
6 : (
mathematics )
a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed 7 :
a remark expressing careful consideration [
synonym :
{
observation }, {
reflection }, {
reflexion }]
8 :
the ability to reflect beams or rays [
synonym : {
reflection },
{
reflexion }, {
reflectivity }]
Reflection \
Re *
flec "
tion \ (
r ?*
fl ?
k "
sh ?
n ),
n . [
L .
reflexio :
cf .
F .
r ['
e ]
flexion .
See {
Riflect }.] [
Written also {
reflexion }.]
1 .
The act of reflecting ,
or turning or sending back ,
or the state of being reflected .
Specifically :
(
a )
The return of rays ,
beams ,
sound ,
or the like ,
from a surface .
See {
Angle of reflection },
below .
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The eye sees not itself ,
But by reflection ,
by some other things . --
Shak .
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(
b )
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 .
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By reflection , . . .
I would be understood to mean ,
that notice which the mind takes of its own operations ,
and the manner of them ,
by reason whereof there come to be ideas of these operations in the understanding . --
Locke .
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This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection . --
South .
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2 .
Shining ;
brightness ,
as of the sun . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
That which is produced by reflection .
Specifically :
(
a )
An image given back from a reflecting surface ;
a reflected counterpart .
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As the sun water we can bear ,
Yet not the sun ,
but his reflection ,
there .
--
Dryden .
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(
b )
A part reflected ,
or turned back ,
at an angle ;
as ,
the reflection of a membrane .
(
c )
Result of meditation ;
thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation ;
especially ,
thoughts suggested by truth .
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Job '
s reflections on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him .
--
Atterbury .
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4 .
Censure ;
reproach cast .
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He died ;
and oh !
may no reflection shed Its poisonous venom on the royal dead . --
Prior .
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5 . (
Physiol .)
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 }.
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{
Angle of reflection },
the angle which anything ,
as a ray of light ,
on leaving a reflecting surface ,
makes with the perpendicular to the surface .
{
Angle of total reflection }. (
Opt .)
Same as {
Critical angle },
under {
Critical }.
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Syn :
Meditation ;
contemplation ;
rumination ;
cogitation ;
consideration ;
musing ;
thinking .
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Angle \
An "
gle \ ([
a ^][
ng ]"
g '
l ),
n . [
F .
angle ,
L .
angulus angle ,
corner ;
akin to uncus hook ,
Gr . '
agky `
los bent ,
crooked ,
angular , '
a `
gkos a bend or hollow ,
AS .
angel hook ,
fish -
hook ,
G .
angel ,
and F .
anchor .]
1 .
The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet ;
a corner ;
a nook .
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Into the utmost angle of the world . --
Spenser .
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To search the tenderest angles of the heart .
--
Milton .
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2 . (
Geom .)
(
a )
The figure made by .
two lines which meet .
(
b )
The difference of direction of two lines .
In the lines meet ,
the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle .
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3 .
A projecting or sharp corner ;
an angular fragment .
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Though but an angle reached him of the stone .
--
Dryden .
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4 . (
Astrol .)
A name given to four of the twelve astrological "
houses ." [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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5 . [
AS .
angel .]
A fishhook ;
tackle for catching fish ,
consisting of a line ,
hook ,
and bait ,
with or without a rod .
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Give me mine angle :
we '
ll to the river there .
--
Shak .
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A fisher next his trembling angle bears . --
Pope .
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{
Acute angle },
one less than a right angle ,
or less than 90 [
deg ].
{
Adjacent }
or {
Contiguous angles },
such as have one leg common to both angles .
{
Alternate angles }.
See {
Alternate }.
{
Angle bar }.
(
a ) (
Carp .)
An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet . --
Knight .
(
b ) (
Mach .)
Same as {
Angle iron }.
{
Angle bead } (
Arch .),
a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work ,
esp .
for protecting an angle of a wall .
{
Angle brace }, {
Angle tie } (
Carp .),
a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame ,
forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together . --
Knight .
{
Angle iron } (
Mach .),
a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles ,
used for forming the corners ,
or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted .
{
Angle leaf } (
Arch .),
a detail in the form of a leaf ,
more or less conventionalized ,
used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle .
{
Angle meter },
an instrument for measuring angles ,
esp .
for ascertaining the dip of strata .
{
Angle shaft } (
Arch .),
an enriched angle bead ,
often having a capital or base ,
or both .
{
Curvilineal angle },
one formed by two curved lines .
{
External angles },
angles formed by the sides of any right -
lined figure ,
when the sides are produced or lengthened .
{
Facial angle }.
See under {
Facial }.
{
Internal angles },
those which are within any right -
lined figure .
{
Mixtilineal angle },
one formed by a right line with a curved line .
{
Oblique angle },
one acute or obtuse ,
in opposition to a right angle .
{
Obtuse angle },
one greater than a right angle ,
or more than 90 [
deg ].
{
Optic angle }.
See under {
Optic }.
{
Rectilineal }
or {
Right -
lined angle },
one formed by two right lines .
{
Right angle },
one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly ,
or an angle of 90 [
deg ] (
measured by a quarter circle ).
{
Solid angle },
the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point .
{
Spherical angle },
one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles ,
which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere .
{
Visual angle },
the angle formed by two rays of light ,
or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye .
{
For Angles of commutation }, {
draught }, {
incidence },
{
reflection }, {
refraction }, {
position }, {
repose }, {
fraction },
see {
Commutation }, {
Draught }, {
Incidence }, {
Reflection },
{
Refraction },
etc .
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322 Moby Thesaurus words for "
reflection ":
CRT spot ,
DM display ,
Doppler signal ,
IF signal ,
IM display ,
Parthian shot ,
RF echoes ,
S -
curve ,
action and reaction ,
address ,
adumbration ,
adverse criticism ,
advisement ,
affirmation ,
albedo ,
allegation ,
animadversion ,
answer ,
apostrophe ,
apprehension ,
aspersion ,
assault ,
assertion ,
attack ,
attaint ,
automatic reaction ,
autonomic reaction ,
averment ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
badge of infamy ,
bar sinister ,
baton ,
beam ,
beat signal ,
bend ,
bend sinister ,
bending ,
black eye ,
black mark ,
blink ,
blips ,
blot ,
blur ,
bounceback ,
bounces ,
bow ,
bowing ,
brainwork ,
brand ,
broad arrow ,
brooding ,
captiousness ,
carping ,
cavil ,
caviling ,
censoriousness ,
censure ,
cerebration ,
champain ,
circumspection ,
circumspectness ,
cogitation ,
comment ,
commitment to memory ,
companion ,
conceit ,
concept ,
conception ,
conflexure ,
consideration ,
contemplation ,
cool judgment ,
copy ,
corroboration ,
counsel ,
crack ,
criticism ,
dead ringer ,
declaration ,
deflection ,
deliberating ,
deliberation ,
depreciation ,
derogation ,
dictum ,
discreetness ,
discretion ,
discrimination ,
disparagement ,
display ,
double ,
double -
dot display ,
duplicate ,
echo ,
echo signal ,
effect ,
effigy ,
evidence ,
exact likeness ,
exception ,
exclamation ,
exercise of memory ,
expression ,
fancy ,
faultfinding ,
fellow ,
flak ,
flashback ,
flection ,
flex ,
flexure ,
geanticline ,
geosyncline ,
good judgment ,
greeting ,
hairpin turn ,
hairsplitting ,
hindsight ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
ice sky ,
iceblink ,
icon ,
idea ,
idol ,
image ,
imago ,
impression ,
imputation ,
incident light ,
inflection ,
innuendo ,
insinuation ,
intellectual object ,
interjection ,
judgment ,
judiciousness ,
knock ,
learning by heart ,
likeness ,
living image ,
living picture ,
local oscillator signal ,
looking back ,
lucubration ,
mark ,
mark of Cain ,
match ,
mate ,
meander ,
meditating ,
meditation ,
memoir ,
memorization ,
memorizing ,
memory -
trace ,
mental image ,
mental impression ,
mention ,
miniature ,
mirroring ,
model ,
musing ,
nagging ,
niggle ,
niggling ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
note ,
notion ,
obloquy ,
observation ,
onset ,
onslaught ,
onus ,
opinion ,
outline ,
output signal ,
overcriticalness ,
oxbow ,
perception ,
personal remark ,
personality ,
pestering ,
pettifogging ,
photograph ,
phrase ,
picture ,
pillorying ,
pips ,
point champain ,
policy ,
polity ,
pondering ,
portrait ,
position ,
predictable response ,
priggishness ,
pronouncement ,
proof ,
providence ,
prudence ,
prudentialism ,
question ,
quibble ,
quibbling ,
radar signal ,
rap ,
reaction ,
reading ,
recall ,
recalling ,
recept ,
recollecting ,
recollection ,
reconsideration ,
reflectance ,
reflectiveness ,
reflex ,
reflex action ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
remark ,
remembering ,
remembrance ,
reminiscence ,
reply ,
representation ,
reprimand ,
reproach ,
reproachfulness ,
resemblance ,
respondence ,
response ,
result ,
retroaction ,
retrospect ,
retrospection ,
return ,
return signal ,
reverberation ,
review ,
revolving ,
revulsion ,
rise ,
rote ,
rote memory ,
rubbing ,
rumination ,
say ,
saying ,
semblance ,
sentence ,
sentiment ,
shadow ,
sign ,
signal ,
signal display ,
silhouette ,
similitude ,
simulacrum ,
slam ,
slur ,
sly suggestion ,
smear ,
smirch ,
smudge ,
smutch ,
snowblink ,
sound judgment ,
soundness of judgment ,
speculation ,
spit and image ,
spitting image ,
spot ,
stain ,
statement ,
stigma ,
stigmatism ,
stigmatization ,
stricture ,
study ,
subjoinder ,
substantiation ,
suggestion ,
supposition ,
sweep ,
swipe ,
symbol ,
taint ,
taking exception ,
target image ,
tarnish ,
testament ,
testimony ,
theory ,
thinking ,
thought ,
thoughtfulness ,
token ,
trace ,
tracing ,
transmitter signal ,
trichoschistism ,
turn ,
turning ,
twin ,
uncomplimentary remark ,
unthinking response ,
utterance ,
very image ,
very picture ,
video signal ,
water sky ,
waterblink ,
weighing ,
whispering campaign ,
word
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REFLECTION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of REFLECTION is an instance of reflecting; especially : the return of light or sound waves from a surface How to use reflection in a sentence
REFLECTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary REFLECTION definition: 1 the image of something in a mirror or on any reflective surface: 2 the return of light, heat… Learn more
Reflection - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Your reflection is what you see in the mirror Other things that bounce back at you are also reflections — light waves, sound waves, even your thoughts Reflection comes from the Latin reflectere, made up of the prefix re-, "back," and flectere, "to bend "
Reflection - definition of reflection by The Free Dictionary 1 the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected 2 the return of light, heat, or sound after striking a surface 3 something reflected, as an image 4 a fixing of the thoughts on something; careful consideration 5 a thought occurring in consideration or meditation 6 an unfavorable remark or observation
reflection noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of reflection noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more