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Word: Reflection
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French reflexion or late Latin reflexio(n-), from Latin reflex- ‘bent back’, from the verb reflectere
rɪˈflɛkʃn
the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
Short Definition:throwing back by body or surface of light
Examples:- the reflection of light
serious thought or consideration
Short Definition:serious thought or consideration
Examples:- he doesn't get much time for reflection
the conceptual operation of inverting a system or event with respect to a plane, each element being transferred perpendicularly through the plane to a point the same distance the other side of it.
Short Definition:conceptual operation of inverting system or event with respect to plane
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