Dictionary Entry

reflection

reflection is a 10-letter English word with 18 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 18 senses

Definitions

1noun
The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
2noun
The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
3noun
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.
4noun
Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
5noun
That which is produced by reflection.
6noun
An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
7noun
A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
8noun
Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
9noun
Censure; reproach cast.
10noun
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.
11noun
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
"he studied his reflection in the mirror"
Synonyms
reflexion
12noun
a likeness in which left and right are reversed
Synonyms
reflexion
13noun
the ability to reflect beams or rays
Synonyms
reflectivity reflexion
14noun
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Synonyms
contemplation musing reflexion rumination thoughtfulness
15noun
a remark expressing careful consideration
Synonyms
observation reflexion
16noun
expression without words
"tears are an expression of grief"
"the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
Synonyms
expression manifestation reflexion
17noun
the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
Synonyms
reflexion
18noun
(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

Synonyms

reflexion reflectivity contemplation musing rumination thoughtfulness observation expression manifestation

Common word forms

reflections reflectional reflectioning reflectionless

Words from these letters

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