REFLECTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reflecting mean? 

• REFLECTING (adjective)
  The adjective REFLECTING has 1 sense:

1. causing reflection or having a device that reflects

  Familiarity information: REFLECTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFLECTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing reflection or having a device that reflects

Context example:

a reflecting microscope

Similar:

reflective (capable of physically reflecting light or sound)

 Context examples 

Alleyne stood still in the roadway for a few minutes reflecting upon what he should do.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He walked on beside her, reflecting.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Remission with remaining lymphoid nodules reflecting residual disease.

(Nodular Partial Response, NCI Thesaurus)

Five serogroups are recognized, reflecting the mammalian hosts with which they are associated.

(Lentivirus, NCI Thesaurus)

She believed he was looking at her; probably reflecting on what she had said, and trying to understand the manner.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Hamilton’s model also showed that a small ice deposit naturally attracts more ices by reflecting solar light and heat.

(Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart, NASA)

But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two wives, I know not.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Life is often a mixture of events, with things happening both good and not-so-good on the same day, and I suppose the planets are simply reflecting that truth.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Of darkest color; producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue; being the color of coal or carbon.

(Black, NCI Thesaurus)

For properties, the qualifier provides additional detail regarding the nature of a concept property (e.g., a property effective date, or an indicator reflecting that the property is Current).

(NCI Thesaurus Qualifier, NCI Thesaurus)