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reflection

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reflection

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. / The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror). / Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

Japanese Meaning

反射する行為またはその状態 / （光などの）波動が表面から跳ね返る性質または現象 / 反射されたもの、例えば鏡に映った像

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After a long reflection, he finally understood what to do.

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長い熟考の末、彼はついに何をすべきか理解した。

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Sense（1）

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

Sense（2）

The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).

Sense（3）

Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.

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Sense（4）

Careful thought or consideration.

After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.

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Sense（5）

An implied criticism.

It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.

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Sense（6）

(computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.

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Sense（7）

(anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.

reflections

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