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- Reflection - n. - The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
- Reflection - n. - The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
- Reflection - n. - The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard.
- Reflection - n. - Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
- Reflection - n. - That which is produced by reflection.
- Reflection - n. - An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
- Reflection - n. - A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
- Reflection - n. - Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
- Reflection - n. - Censure; reproach cast.
- Reflection - n. - The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.
- 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.
- Reflection - n. - A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
- Shining - n. - Emission or reflection of light.
- Mirror - n. - A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
- Catadioptrical - a. - Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.
- Shine - v. i. - To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
- Opalescence - n. - A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.
- Shining - a. - Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
- Aim - v. t. - To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
- Slant - n. - An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
- Reflecting - a. - Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
- Mirage - n. - An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.
- Gnome - n. - A brief reflection or maxim.
- Catacaustic - n. - A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
- Moonglade - n. - The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.
- Blink - v. i. - The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
- Stereoscope - n. - An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.
- Ghost - n. - A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- Retortion - v. t. - Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
- Twilight - n. - The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- Superreflection - n. - The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
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- G5485 χάρις - 5485 χάρις - ΧΆΡΙΣ - - cháris - khar'-ece - from χαίρω; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude):--acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy). - Noun Feminine - greek
- G1260 διαλογίζομαι - 1260 διαλογίζομαι - ΔΙΑΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ - - dialogízomai - dee-al-og-id'-zom-ahee - from διά and λογίζομαι; to reckon thoroughly, i.e. (genitive case) to deliberate (by reflection or discussion):--cast in mind, consider, dispute, muse, reason, think. - Verb - greek
- H7881 שִׂיחָה - 7881 שִׂיחָה - שִׂיחָה - - sîychâh - see-khaw' - feminine of שִׂיחַ; reflection; be extension, devotion; meditation, prayer. - Noun Feminine - heb