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transflection

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

A transfiguration consisting of reflection about a line combined with translation along the same line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

Blend of transmission + reflection.

Blend of translation + reflection.

Blend of transform + inflection.