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REFLEXION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
Example:
he studied his reflection in the mirror
Synonyms:
reflection; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A likeness in which left and right are reversed
Synonyms:
mirror image; reflection; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
alikeness; likeness; similitude (similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The ability to reflect beams or rays
Synonyms:
reflection; reflectivity; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reflexion"):
echo; replication; reverberation; sound reflection (the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves)
echo (a reflected television or radio or radar beam)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Synonyms:
contemplation; musing; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reflexion"):
cogitation; study (attentive consideration and meditation)
meditation; speculation (continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature)
meditation ((religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects))
introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)
retrospect (contemplation of things past)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A remark expressing careful consideration
Synonyms:
observation; reflection; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
comment; input; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)
Instance hyponyms:
Parkinson's law (C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done)
Parkinson's law (C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Expression without words
Example:
the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition
Synonyms:
expression; manifestation; reflection; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
demo; demonstration (a visual presentation showing how something works)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reflexion"):
lamentation; mourning (the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief)
act (a manifestation of insincerity)
blowup; ebullition; effusion; gush; outburst (an unrestrained expression of emotion)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
Synonyms:
reflection; reflexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reflexion"):
flare (am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection))
interreflection (reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces)
virtual image (a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror))
zodiacal light (a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset)
