English Dictionary

reflection

/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/

noun

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.

I saw my reflection in the mirror.

意味（1）

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.

意味（4）

Careful thought or consideration.

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

意味（5）

An implied criticism.

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

意味（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.

意味（7）

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