reflection

1. 1.

   a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

   Synonymscontemplationreflexionruminationmusingthoughtfulness

   Broaderconsideration

   Narrowercogitationmeditationintrospectionretrospect
2. 2.

   the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

   Synonymsreflexion

   Broaderphysical phenomenon

   Narrowerflareinterreflectionvirtual imagezodiacal light
3. 3.

   expression without words

   “tears are an expression of grief”

   “the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition”

   Synonymsexpressionmanifestationreflexion

   Broaderdemonstration

   Narrowerlamentationacteffusion
4. 4.

   a likeness in which left and right are reversed

   Synonymsmirror imagereflexion

   Broaderlikeness
5. 5.

   the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)

   “he studied his reflection in the mirror”

   Synonymsreflexion

   Broaderpicture
6. 6.

   (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

   Broadertransformation

   mathematics

7. 7.

   a remark expressing careful consideration

   Synonymsobservationreflexion

   Broaderremark

   NarrowerParkinson's law
8. 8.

   the ability to reflect beams or rays

   Synonymsreflexionreflectivity

   Broaderphysical property

   Narrowerecho

Other forms of reflection

plural

reflections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reflection

What does reflection mean?

reflection means "a calm, lengthy, intent consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reflection?

reflection has 3 syllables: re-flec-tion. The stress falls on "flec". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/.

What is another word for reflection?

Close synonyms include contemplation, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reflection a common word?

reflection is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reflection?

3 words rhyme with reflection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.