Some articles on reflection:
... Ontario Lacus at an altitude of 1900 km and was able to observe specular reflection in radar observations ... The conclusion drawn from the strength of the reflection was that the lake level did not vary by more than 3 mm over a first Fresnel zone reflecting area only 100 m wide (smoother than ... Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observed a specular reflection in 5 micron infrared light off a northern hemisphere body of liquid at 71° N, 337° W ...
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... The large index difference makes the reflection quite substantial (per the Fresnel coefficients) ... The reflection is most commonly reduced by using a dome-shaped (half-sphere) package with the diode in the center so that the outgoing light rays strike the surface perpendicularly, at which angle the ... also match the index of the semiconductor, to minimize back-reflection ...
... Point reflection, a reflection across a point Reflection (mathematics), a transformation of a space Reflection formula, a relation in a function Reflection group, a group generated by ...
... convince Ra that he wasn't becoming a vampire when he pointed out Ra still had his reflection in a mirror ... Ra was now convince he was Thatch's mindless minion when he couldn't see his reflection ... He was only able to finally be convince he wasn't a vampire after seeing his reflection in a pool of water inside the caverns ...
More definitions of "reflection":
- (noun): The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material).
Example: "He studied his reflection in the mirror"
Synonyms: reflexion
- (noun): A calm lengthy intent consideration.
Synonyms: contemplation, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
- (noun): The ability to reflect beams or rays.
Synonyms: reflexion, reflectivity
- (noun): (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed.
- (noun): The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface.
Synonyms: reflexion
- (noun): Expression without words.
Example: "The pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion
- (noun): A remark expressing careful consideration.
Synonyms: observation, reflexion
Famous quotes containing the word reflection:
“And since the average lifetime—the relative longevity—is far greater for memories of poetic sensations than for those of heartbreaks, since the very long time that the grief I felt then because of Gilbert, it has been outlived by the pleasure I feel, whenever I wish to read, as in a sort of sundial, the minutes between twelve fifteen and one o’clock, in the month of May, upon remembering myself chatting ... with Madame Swann under the reflection of a cradle of wisteria.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“In the last analysis, love is only the reflection of a man’s own worthiness from other men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“But before the extremity of the Cape had completely sunk, it appeared like a filmy sliver of land lying flat on the ocean, and later still a mere reflection of a sand-bar on the haze above. Its name suggests a homely truth, but it would be more poetic if it described the impression which it makes on the beholder.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)