reflection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the image of something as reflected by a mirror or other reflective material

   The puppy barked at its reflection in the mirror.

2. 2
   noun

   Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

   The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.

3. 3
   noun

   Careful thought or consideration.

   After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.

4. 4
   noun

   A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.

   Our recent results are a reflection of the progress we've made as a team.

5. 5
   noun

   The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

   DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.

6. 6
   noun

   the ability to reflect beams or rays

7. 7
   noun

   a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

8. 8
   noun

   a remark expressing careful consideration

Etymology

From Middle French reflexion, reflection, and its source Late Latin reflexio, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.