REFLEXION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reflexion mean? 

• REFLEXION (noun)
  The noun REFLEXION has 7 senses:

1. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

2. expression without words

3. a remark expressing careful consideration

4. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

5. the ability to reflect beams or rays

6. a likeness in which left and right are reversed

7. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)

  Familiarity information: REFLEXION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFLEXION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

reflection; reflexion

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expression without words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

expression; manifestation; reflection; reflexion

Context example:

the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition

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 3

Meaning:

A remark expressing careful consideration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

observation; reflection; reflexion

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 4

Meaning:

A calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

contemplation; musing; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness

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:

The ability to reflect beams or rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

reflection; reflectivity; reflexion

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 6

Meaning:

A likeness in which left and right are reversed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

mirror image; reflection; reflexion

Hypernyms ("reflexion" is a kind of...):

alikeness; likeness; similitude (similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

reflection; reflexion

Context example:

he studied his reflection in the mirror

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)