reflection

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  1. noun The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
  2. noun Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected.
  3. noun Mental concentration; careful consideration.
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  • I pray that I'm wrong That evening when Meissner entered the bathroom and looked into the mirror his reflection was awe-inspiring. —  GO BACK By CHARLES V
  • I looked into the mirror and my reflection was all that was there. —  Norton, Andre - Uncharted Stars (v1.0) (html).html
  • No doubt Sterne's flourish in Tristram Shandy about his preferring to die at an inn, untroubled by the spectacle of “the concern of my friends, and the last services of wiping my brows and smoothing my pillow,” was a mere piece of bravado; and the more probably so because the reflection is appropriated almost bodily from Bishop Burnet, who quotes it as a frequent observation of Archbishop Leighton. —  Sterne
  • Java reflection is a great tool for decoupling implementation detail between application subsystems. —  Latest headlines from JavaWorld
  • The post of his that first alerted me to the quality of his reflection was his superb post On Difficulty in Poetry: a revision. —  British Blogs
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observation ·  thought ·  vision ·  expression ·  understanding ·  impression ·  aspect ·  image ·  suggestion ·  criticism ·  insight ·  sympathy

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reflection:   reflections
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