Definition of reflect

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Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams..

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Yellow :: Yellow (n.) A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green..
Apperception :: Apperception (n.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. i.) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..
Catadioptrical :: Catadioptrical (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light..
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
Irreflective :: Irreflective (a.) Not reflective.
Think :: Think (v. t.) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
Afterthought :: Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..
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..
Reflecting :: Reflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reflec.
Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
Reflexion :: Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.
Deliberate :: Deliberate (v. i.) To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning..
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven..
Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..
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