Definition of reflect

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Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

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Reflection :: Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection.
Reflectent :: Reflectent (a.) Reflecting; as, a reflectent body..
Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..
Reflexion :: Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.
Reflector :: Reflector (n.) A device for reflecting sound.
Hastener :: Hastener (n.) That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
Adularia :: Adularia (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone..
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Considerer :: Considerer (n.) One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker.
Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..
Ghost :: Ghost (n.) A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..
Dioptrics :: Dioptrics (n.) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Reverberation :: Reverberation (n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace..
Surmised :: Surmise (n.) Reflection; thought.
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