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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf. F. r['e]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. [1913 Webster] The eye sees not itself, But by reflection, by some other things. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically: (a) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart. [1913 Webster] As the sun water we can bear, Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. Censure; reproach cast. [1913 Webster] He died; and oh! may no reflection shed Its poisonous venom on the royal dead. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] Syn: Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation; consideration; musing; thinking. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. [1913 Webster] Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. [1913 Webster] 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. [1913 Webster] Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. [1913 Webster] Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. [1913 Webster] {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: reflection n 1: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: {contemplation}, {reflection}, {reflexion}, {rumination}, {musing}, {thoughtfulness}] 2: the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface [syn: {reflection}, {reflexion}] 3: expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition" [syn: {expression}, {manifestation}, {reflection}, {reflexion}] 4: a likeness in which left and right are reversed [syn: {mirror image}, {reflection}, {reflexion}] 5: the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" [syn: {reflection}, {reflexion}] 6: (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed 7: a remark expressing careful consideration [syn: {observation}, {reflection}, {reflexion}] 8: the ability to reflect beams or rays [syn: {reflection}, {reflexion}, {reflectivity}]