reflection

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• /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/
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From Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection, from Middle French reflection, reflexion, and its source Late Latin reflexiō, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ajië: koomèè — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Albanian: reflektim — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Albanian: pasqyrim — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Arabic: اِنْعِكَاس (inʕikās) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Arabic: عَكْس (ʕaks) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Armenian: արտացոլում (artacʻolum) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Azerbaijani: əks — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Azerbaijani: inʼikas — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Belarusian: адлюстрава́нне (adljustravánnje) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Belarusian: адбіццё (adbiccjó) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Bulgarian: отразяване (otrazjavane) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Catalan: reflexió — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Chinese Mandarin: 反射 (fǎnshè) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Chinese Mandarin: 反映 (fǎnyìng) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Chinese Mandarin: 映像 (yìngxiàng) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Czech: odraz — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Danish: afspejling — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Danish: refleksion — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Dutch: reflectie — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Dutch: weerspiegeling — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Dutch: weerbeeld — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Esperanto: reflekto — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Estonian: peegeldus — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Finnish: heijastuminen — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Finnish: peilaantuminen — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Finnish: peilaus — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• French: réflexion — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Galician: reflexión — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Georgian: ანარეკლი (anareḳli) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• German: Reflexion — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• German: Abbild — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• German: Reflektion — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• German: Widerspiegelung — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Greek: αντανάκλαση (antanáklasi) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hebrew: השתקפות (hishtak'fut) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hindi: परावर्तन (parāvartan) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hindi: प्रतिबिंब (pratibimb) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hungarian: tükröződés — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hungarian: visszatükrözés — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Hungarian: visszatükröződés — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Indonesian: pantulan — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Indonesian: refleksi — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Irish: frithchaitheamh — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Italian: riflessione — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Japanese: 反射 (hansha) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Kazakh: кескін (keskın) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Kazakh: шағылысу (şağylysu) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Korean: 반사 (bansa) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Macedonian: одраз (odraz) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Malagasy: fitarafana — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Malay: pemantulan — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Malay: pantulan — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Malayalam: പ്രതിഫലനം (pratiphalanaṁ) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Māori: whakaatanga — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Māori: whakaatatanga — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Norwegian Bokmål: refleksjon — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Persian: بازتاب (bâztâb) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Persian: فرتور (fartur) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Persian: انعکاس (en'ekâs) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Persian: عکس ('aks) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Polish: odbicie — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Portuguese: reflexão — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Romanian: reflectare — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Romanian: reflecție — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Romanian: reflexie — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Russian: отраже́ние (otražénije) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Scottish Gaelic: faileas — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Serbo-Croatian: odbles — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdsjāj — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Serbo-Croatian: odblesak — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdrāz — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Slovak: odraz — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Slovene: odraz — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Slovene: odboj — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Spanish: reflexión — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Swedish: reflexion — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Swedish: åter­kastning — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Swedish: åter­spegling — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Tagalog: sabalik — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Tajik: акс (aks) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Tajik: инъикос (in'ikos) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Thai: การสะท้อน — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Turkish: yansıma — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Ukrainian: відбиття́ (vidbyttjá) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Urdu: عکس (aks) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Urdu: انعکاس (inikās) — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Uzbek: aks — act of reflecting; the state of being reflected
• Afrikaans: weerkaatsing — property of a propagated wave
• Bulgarian: отражение (otraženie) — property of a propagated wave
• Catalan: reflexió — property of a propagated wave
• Finnish: peilaantuminen — property of a propagated wave
• German: Reflektion — property of a propagated wave
• Hindi: परावर्तन (parāvartan) — property of a propagated wave
• Hungarian: visszaverődés — property of a propagated wave
• Indonesian: bayangan — property of a propagated wave
• Māori: whakaatanga — property of a propagated wave
• Polish: odbicie — property of a propagated wave
• Polish: refleks — property of a propagated wave
• Russian: отраже́ние (otražénije) — property of a propagated wave
• Tagalog: sabalik — property of a propagated wave
• Turkish: yansıma — property of a propagated wave
• Bulgarian: образ (obraz) — something that is reflected
• Bulgarian: отражение (otraženie) — something that is reflected
• Catalan: reflex — something that is reflected
• Czech: odraz — something that is reflected
• Esperanto: speguliĝo — something that is reflected
• Esperanto: reflektaĵo — something that is reflected
• Finnish: peilikuva — something that is reflected
• French: reflet — something that is reflected
• Galician: reflexo — something that is reflected
• German: Reflektion — something that is reflected
• Ancient Greek: ἔμφασις (émphasis) — something that is reflected
• Hindi: प्रतिबिंब (pratibimb) — something that is reflected
• Hungarian: tükörkép — something that is reflected
• Indonesian: cerminan — something that is reflected
• Irish: scáil — something that is reflected
• Italian: riflesso — something that is reflected
• Italian: riverbero — something that is reflected
• Japanese: 反映 (han'ei) — something that is reflected
• Malagasy: fitaratra — something that is reflected
• Malay: pantulan — something that is reflected
• Malayalam: പ്രതിബിംബം (pratibimbaṁ) — something that is reflected
• Māori: whakaata — something that is reflected
• Polish: odbicie — something that is reflected
• Portuguese: reflexo — something that is reflected
• Russian: отраже́ние (otražénije) — something that is reflected
• Scottish Gaelic: faileas — something that is reflected
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile — something that is reflected
• Spanish: reflejo — something that is reflected
• Lower Tanana: yik — something that is reflected
• Turkish: yansıma — something that is reflected
• Welsh: adlewyrchiad — something that is reflected
• Bulgarian: размишление (razmišlenie) — careful thought or consideration
• Catalan: reflexió — careful thought or consideration
• Czech: úvaha — careful thought or consideration
• Czech: reflexe — careful thought or consideration
• Danish: refleksion — careful thought or consideration
• Esperanto: konsidero — careful thought or consideration
• Esperanto: pripensado — careful thought or consideration
• Finnish: pohdiskelu — careful thought or consideration
• Finnish: harkinta — careful thought or consideration
• German: Abwägung — careful thought or consideration
• German: Reflektion — careful thought or consideration
• Hungarian: gondolkodás — careful thought or consideration
• Hungarian: átgondolás — careful thought or consideration
• Hungarian: megfontolás — careful thought or consideration
• Indonesian: renungan — careful thought or consideration
• Indonesian: refleksi — careful thought or consideration
• Irish: athmhachnamh — careful thought or consideration
• Macedonian: размислување (razmisluvanje) — careful thought or consideration
• Malagasy: fieritreretana — careful thought or consideration
• Māori: whakaaroarohanga — careful thought or consideration
• Navajo: nabíkʼítsídzíłkees — careful thought or consideration
• Plautdietsch: Bedenkjen — careful thought or consideration
• Portuguese: reflexão — careful thought or consideration
• Russian: размышле́ние (razmyšlénije) — careful thought or consideration
• Sanskrit: ध्यान (dhyāna) — careful thought or consideration
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoin — careful thought or consideration
• Ukrainian: міркува́ння (mirkuvánnja) — careful thought or consideration
• Ukrainian: ро́здумів (rózdumiv) — careful thought or consideration
• Welsh: myfyrdod — careful thought or consideration
• Ukrainian: відобра́ження (vidobrážennja) — representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait
• Finnish: reflektio — (computing) process of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time
• German: Reflexion — (computing) process of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time
• Indonesian: refleksi — (computing) process of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time