English-Thai Dictionary

reflection

N การ สะท้อน  ผลสะท้อน  echo mirror kan-sa-ton-kab

 

reflection

N การไตร่ตรอง  consideration musing thinking kan-tri-trong

 

reflection

N ภาพสะท้อน  image silhouette pab-sa-ton

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFLECTION

n.[from reflect. ] 1. The act of throwing back; as the reflection of light or colors. The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are always equal.
2. The act of bending back.
3. That which is reflected.
As the sun in water we can bear, yet not the sun, but his reflection there.
4. The operation of the mind by which it turns its views back upon itself and its operations; the review or consideration of past thoughts, opinions or decisions of the mind, or of past events.
5. Thought thrown back on itself, on the past or on the absent; as melancholy reflections; delightful reflections.
Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate, at the same time afflicted and encouraged him.
6. The expression of thought.
7. Attentive consideration; meditation; contemplation.
This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection.
8. Censure; reproach cast.
He died, and oh! may no reflection shed its pois'nous venom on the royal dead.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFLECTION

Re *flec "tion (r *flk "shn ), n. Etym: [L. reflexio: cf. F. réflexion.See Riflect.] [Written also reflexion. ]

 

1. The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. Specifically: (a ) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below. The eye sees not itself, But by reflection, by some other things. Shak.

 

(b ) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard. By reflection, ... I would be understood to mean, that notice which the mind takes of its own operations, and the manner of them, by reason whereof there come to be ideas of these operations in the understanding. Locke. This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection. South.

 

2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically: (a ) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart. As the sun water we can bear, Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there. Dryden.

 

(b ) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane. (c ) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth. Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him. Atterbury.

 

4. Censure; reproach cast. He died; and oh! may no reflection shed Its poisonous venom on the royal dead. Prior.

 

5. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex. Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the perpendicular to the surface. -- Angle of total reflection. (Opt. ) Same as Critical angle, under Critical.

 

Syn. -- Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation; consideration; musing; thinking.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reflection

re flec tion |riˈflekSHən rəˈflɛkʃən | ▶noun 1 the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it: the reflection of light. • an amount of light, heat, or sound that is thrown back in such a way: the reflections from the streetlights gave us just enough light. • an image seen in a mirror or shiny surface: Marianne surveyed her reflection in the mirror. • a thing that is a consequence of or arises from something else: a healthy skin is a reflection of good health in general. • [ in sing. ] a thing bringing discredit to someone or something: it was a sad reflection on society that because of his affliction he was picked on. • Mathematics 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. 2 serious thought or consideration: he doesn't get much time for reflection. • an idea about something, esp. one that is written down or expressed: reflections on human destiny and art. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French reflexion or late Latin reflexio (n- ), from Latin reflex- ‘bent back, ’ from the verb reflectere.

 

reflection coefficient

re flec tion co ef fi cient ▶noun another term for reflectance.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reflection

re |flec ¦tion |rɪˈflɛkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it: the reflection of light. • [ count noun ] an amount of light, heat, or sound that is reflected by a body or surface: the reflections from the street lamps gave them just enough light. • [ count noun ] an image seen in a mirror or shiny surface: Marianne surveyed her reflection in the mirror. • [ count noun ] a thing that is a consequence of or arises from something else: a healthy skin is a reflection of good health in general. • [ in sing. ] a thing bringing discredit to someone or something: it was a sad reflection on society that because of his affliction he was picked on. 2 [ mass noun ] serious thought or consideration: he doesn't get much time for reflection. • [ count noun ] an idea about something, especially one that is written down or expressed: reflections on human destiny and art. 3 [ count noun ] Mathematics 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. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French reflexion or late Latin reflexio (n- ), from Latin reflex- ‘bent back ’, from the verb reflectere.

 

reflection coefficient

re |flec ¦tion co |ef ¦fi ¦cient ▶noun another term for reflectance.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reflection

reflection noun 1 the reflection of light: sending back, throwing back, casting back. 2 her reflection in the pond: image, mirror image, likeness. 3 your hands and nails are a reflection of your well-being: indication, display, demonstration, manifestation; expression, evidence. 4 a sad reflection on society: slur, aspersion, imputation, reproach, shame, criticism. 5 after some reflection, he turned it down: thought, thinking, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, pondering, meditation, musing, rumination; formal cogitation. 6 write down your reflections: opinion, thought, view, belief, feeling, idea, impression, conclusion, assessment; comment, observation, remark.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reflection

reflection noun 1 the colours seen in soap bubbles are caused by reflection of light: sending back, throwing back, casting back, mirroring, backscattering. ANTONYMS absorption. 2 she glanced at her own reflection in the mirror: image, mirror image, likeness; echo. 3 your hands and nails are a reflection of your well-being: indication, display, demonstration, manifestation; expression, attestation, proof, evidence. 4 the sale is not any reflection on the business: slur, aspersion, imputation, censure, reproach, shame, criticism, source of discredit, derogation. 5 after some reflection, he turned the offer down: thought, thinking, consideration, contemplation, study, deliberation, pondering, meditation, musing, rumination, cogitation, brooding, agonizing; rare cerebration. 6 write down your reflections on the subject: opinion, thought, view, viewpoint, belief, feeling, idea, impression, conclusion, judgement, assessment, estimation; comment, observation, remark, statement, utterance, pronouncement, declaration.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reflection

re flec tion ｟英 まれ ｠re flex ion /rɪflékʃ (ə )n /→reflect 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (鏡や水面などに映る )映像 , 姿 ▸ She looked [stared ] at her reflection in the mirror .鏡に映る自分の姿を見た [じっと見た ].2 U (光 熱 音などの )反射 , 反響 ; 反射光 [熱 ].3 C 反映 , 影響 , 現れ ▸ The arts are a reflection of our society .芸術は我々の社会の影響を強く受ける .4 C 〖単数形で 〗 «…にとっての » 悪いことの現れ ; 不名誉 (な事 ), 非難 «on » ▸ a (sad ) reflection on our society 私たちの社会の (悲しい )現状を映し出したもの .5 U «…についての » 熟慮 , 熟考 , 考察 ; 内省 ; C ｟かたく ｠〖通例複数形で 〗(熟考の末の )意見 , 考え , 感想 «on » .6 C 描写 , 説明 .on refl é ction よく考えてみると, 熟慮の上で .