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English Dictionary: Reflexion by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reflexion
n
  1. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
    Synonym(s): reflection, reflexion
  2. expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
    Synonym(s): expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
  3. a remark expressing careful consideration
    Synonym(s): observation, reflection, reflexion
  4. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
    Synonym(s): contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
  5. the ability to reflect beams or rays
    Synonym(s): reflection, reflexion, reflectivity
  6. a likeness in which left and right are reversed
    Synonym(s): mirror image, reflection, reflexion
  7. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
    Synonym(s): reflection, reflexion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf.
      F. r[82]flexion. 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.) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reflexion \Re*flex"ion\ (-fl?k"sh?n), n.
      See {Reflection}. --Chaucer.
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