Reflection

Noun

 * 1) The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
 * 2) The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
 * 3) Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
 * 4) Careful thought or consideration.
 * 5) An implied criticism.
 * 6)  The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

Adjectives for Reflection
delicate; vivid; surface; opposite; dreadful; somber; sagacious; gloomy; grave; unpleasant; sobering; impersonal; colorless; mature; injurious; sage; passionate; solemn; admirable; unbroken; wicked; judicious; interesting; cheering; dazzling; rusty; satirical; rich; best; philosophic; melancholy; bitter; careful; subtle; calm; unconscious; dim; perturbed; mortifying; unquiet; dancing; rosy; perplexing; drowsy; powerful; spectral; shortest; profound; brooding; distracting; nostalgic; silvery; recurring; homely; disagreeable; agitating; adequate; philosophical; coherent; assuring; heart-shaking; candid; prosaic; continuous; harrowing; disturbing; splendid; logical.

Verbs for Reflection
absorb in—; air—; bolster by—; bury in— console with—; emerge from—; feign— immerse in—; sustain by—; veil in— wrap in—; —calms ; —convinces; —flatters; —mirrors.

Derived terms
reflectional; self-reflection

Thesaurus
reflect, reflective, reflector, adumbration, adverse criticism, advisement, affirmation, albedo, allegation, animadversion, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, aspersion, assault, assertion, attack, attaint, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, averment, bad notices, bad press, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, beam, beat signal, bend, bend sinister, bending, black eye, black mark, blink, blips, blot, blur, bounceback, bounces, bow, bowing, brainwork, brand, broad arrow, brooding, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, censure, cerebration, champain, circumspection, circumspectness, cogitation, comment, commitment to memory, companion, conceit, concept, conception, conflexure, consideration, contemplation, cool judgment, copy, corroboration, counsel, crack, criticism, dead ringer, declaration, deflection, deliberating, deliberation, depreciation, derogation, dictum, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, disparagement, display, double, double-dot display, duplicate, echo, echo signal, effect, effigy, evidence, exact likeness, exception, exclamation, exercise of memory, expression, fancy, faultfinding, fellow, flak, flashback, flection, flex, flexure, geanticline, geosyncline, good judgment, greeting, hairpin turn, hairsplitting, hindsight, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, ice sky, iceblink, icon, idea, idol, image, imago, impression, imputation, incident light, inflection, innuendo, insinuation, intellectual object, interjection, judgment, judiciousness, knock, learning by heart, likeness, living image, living picture, local oscillator signal, looking back, lucubration, mark, mark of Cain, match, mate, meander, meditating, meditation, memoir, memorization, memorizing, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mention, miniature, mirroring, model, musing, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, note, notion, obloquy, observation, onset, onslaught, onus, opinion, outline, output signal, overcriticalness, oxbow, perception, personal remark, personality, pestering, pettifogging, photograph, phrase, picture, pillorying, pips, point champain, policy, polity, pondering, portrait, position, predictable response, priggishness, pronouncement, proof, providence, prudence, prudentialism, question, quibble, quibbling, radar signal, rap, reaction, reading, recall, recalling, recept, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration, reflectance, reflectiveness, reflex, reflex action, refluence, reflux, remark, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, reply, representation, reprimand, reproach, reproachfulness, resemblance, respondence, response, result, retroaction, retrospect, retrospection, return, return signal, reverberation, review, revolving, revulsion, rise, rote, rote memory, rubbing, rumination, say, saying, semblance, sentence, sentiment, shadow, sign, signal, signal display, silhouette, similitude, simulacrum, slam, slur, sly suggestion, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, snowblink, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, speculation, spit and image, spitting image, spot, stain, statement, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stricture, study, subjoinder, substantiation, suggestion, supposition, sweep, swipe, symbol, taint, taking exception, target image, tarnish, testament, testimony, theory, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness, token, trace, tracing, transmitter signal, trichoschistism, turn, turning, twin, uncomplimentary remark, unthinking response, utterance, very image, very picture, video signal, water sky, waterblink, weighing, whispering campaign, word

Etymology
From reflexion:, reflection:, and its source  reflexio:, from the participle stem of reflectere:. The current spelling is influenced by reflect:.

Translations

 * Arabic: انعكاس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 反射, 反映
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: השתקפות
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: reflexão
 * Romanian: reflectare, reflecție, reflexie
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: odbles, odsjaj , odblesak , odraz
 * Spanish: reflexión
 * Turkish: yansıma


 * Turkish: yansıma


 * Czech:
 * French: reflet
 * German:
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish: odbicie
 * Portuguese: reflexo
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Turkish: yansıma
 * Welsh: adlewyrchiad


 * Czech: ,
 * German: Abwägung
 * Russian: размышление


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Welsh: myfyrdod