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REFLECTION

Definition:

1. [noun] a calm lengthy intent consideration
   Synonyms: contemplation, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
   
   
2. [noun] the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
   Synonyms: reflexion
   
   
3. [noun] expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
   Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion
   
   
4. [noun] the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
   Synonyms: reflexion
   
   
5. [noun] a likeness in which left and right are reversed
   Synonyms: mirror image, reflexion
   
   
6. [noun] (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
   
   
7. [noun] a remark expressing careful consideration
   Synonyms: observation, reflexion
   
   
8. [noun] the ability to reflect beams or rays
   Synonyms: reflexion, reflectivity
   
   

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Related Words:

• cogitation, study
• meditation, speculation
• meditation
• introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination
• omphaloskepsis
• retrospect
• flare
• interreflection
• virtual image
• zodiacal light
• lamentation, mourning
• laughter
• act
• effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
• Parkinson's law
• Parkinson's law
• echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replication

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