Reflexion

Definitions: Reflexion

Reflexion

Noun

1. The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface.

2. Expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition".

3. A remark expressing careful consideration.

4. A calm lengthy intent consideration.

5. The ability to reflect beams or rays.

6. A likeness in which left and right are reversed.

Date "reflexion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1710. (references)

Synonyms: Reflexion

Synonyms: contemplation (n), expression (n), manifestation (n), meditation (n), mirror image (n), musing (n), observation (n), reflection (n), reflectivity (n), rumination (n), thoughtfulness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Copy	Duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo.
Recoil	Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.
Regression	Refluence, reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil); flip-flop, volte-face.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Reflexion

English words defined with "reflexion": In this connection. (references)

Specialty definitions using "reflexion": attenuated total reflexion ♦ reflexion factor. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Reflexion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (cerebration, reflection), Spanish (reflectance), Swedish (cogitation, reflexion).

Domain	Title
Books	Drawings on Drawing: a Graphic Reflexion on the Language of Drawing (reference) Ernst Lichtblau, Architekt, 1883-1963 : Gestell und Gestalt im Raum : Reflexion èuber ein Paradigma der modernen Architektur (reference) Faisons le point! Discussion et reflexion (reference) La Metamorfosis Argentina: Una Reflexion Sobre La Sociedad y La Politica de Los '90 (reference) My beautiful laundrette und Sammy and Rosie get laid : filmische Reflexion von Identitèatsprozessen (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Reflexion (reference) Reflexion 2000 Y Uno (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Reflexion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reflexion" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	8	124,375

Expressions using "reflexion": attenuated total reflexion ♦ internal reflexion ♦ on reflexion ♦ reflexion factor. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "reflexion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		reflektim (afterlight, reflection), të menduarit (calculation, meditation, reflection, thinking), shëmbëllim (image, reflection), pasqyrim (expression, image, reflection, reflex, rendering, representation), mendim (brainchild, cogitation, conceit, conception, estimation, idea, judgement, judgment, meditation, mind, muse, notion, opinion, reflection, say, self-communion, sentiment, spirit, thinking, thought), imazh (account, eidolon, frame, image, imago, reflection, reflex), hije (apparition, background, cloud, color, colour, dark, ghost, loom, phantasm, phantom, propriety, reflection, shade, shadow, spirit, spook, umbra, wraith). (various references)

Arabic		‏تفكير (cogitation, reasoning, reflection, reminding, thinking, thought), ‏عار (bare, black eye, denuded, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, humiliation, ignominy, mortification, naked, nude, obloquy, outrage, reflection, reproach, scandal, shame, stark naked, starkers, taint, unclad, uncovered), ‏ضوء منعكس (reflection), ‏إهانة (affront, crinkle, degradation, despite, dishonor, dishonour, flout, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, mortification, offence, reflection, slap, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), ‏إنعكاس (reflection, reflex, repercussion, reverberation, reversal), ‏إلتواء (bow, flection, inflection, obliqueness, reflection, torsion, winding), ‏إستبطان (introspection, reflection), ‏إرتكاس (reaction, reflection, reversion), ‏إرتداد (apostasy, bounce, defection, kick, rebound, recall, recantation, recess, recoil, reflection, regress, relapse, renunciation, repercussion, retroversion, reverberation, withdrawal), ‏أفكار (marbles, reflection), ‏شىء منعكس (reflection). (various references)

Bulgarian		отражение (backwash, image, mirror, reflection, reflex, repercussion, reverberation, umbrage). (various references)

Chinese		反射 (reflect, reflected, reflecting, reflection, reflex, reflexive). (various references)

Czech		odraz (bounce, rebound, reflection, reverberation, ricochet, take off, takeoff). (various references)

Danish		regelmæssig reflektion (regular reflexion), refleksionsevne (reflecting power, reflectivity, reflexion factor), spejling (regular reflexion), specifik reflektans (reflecting power, reflectivity, reflexion factor), overvejelser (reflexion paper). (various references)

Dutch		reflexietrein (reflexion chain), reflecterend vermogen (reflecting power, reflectivity, reflexion factor), spiegeling (regular reflexion), discussienota (consultation paper, consultative document, discussion document, discussion paper, reflexion paper), .reflexieketen (reflexion chain). (various references)

Finnish		ajatus (idea, meaning, opinion, reflection, thought). (various references)

French		réflexion (reasoning, reflection). (various references)

German		regelmäßige Reflexion (regular reflexion), Reflexionsvermoegen (reflectance, reflecting power, reflectivity, reflexion factor), Reflexionskraft (reflecting power, reflectivity, reflexion factor), Reflexionskette (reflexion chain), Reflexionsgrad (reflectance, reflecting power, reflection factor, reflectivity, reflexion factor), Spiegelung (mirage, reflection, reflex, regular reflexion), optische Reflexion (optical reflexion), Diskussionspapier (consultative document, reflexion paper). (various references)

Greek		σκέψη (advisement, consideration, contemplation, meditation, pensiveness, reflection, rumination, speculation, thinking, thought), είδωλο (fetish, idol, image, reflection), λογισμόσ (calculus, reflection), αντανάκλαση (reflection, reflex, reflex reflection, retro-reflection). (various references)

Hungarian		visszaverõdés (back scatter, impingement of sonic ray, reflection, repercussion, reverberation), visszatükrözés (reflection), tükörkép (image, reflection, shadow). (various references)

Italian		riverbero (reflection, reverberation), riflesso (effect, influence, reflection, reflex), riflessione (meditationon, reflection), ponderazione (applying load factors, loading, pondering, reflection, weight, weighting), meditazione (devotion, meditation, muse, musing, reflection), dubbio (ambiguous, borderline, discredit, doubt, doubtful, doubts, dubious, incertitude, misgiving, quandary, queer, query, question, questionable, reflection, uncertain, unsure), biasimo (animadversion, bl, blame, censure, condemnation, me, rebuke, reference, reflection, reprimand, reproof). (various references)

Korean		반영 (reflection). (various references)

Pig Latin		eflexionray

Portuguese		reflexo (clutter, glance, glimmer, glimpse, glints, glisten, Ray, reflection, reflective, reflex, reflexive, repercussion, sheen), reflexão (meditation, observation, reflection, speculation, thinking, thought), ponderação (attention, deliberation, loading, prudence, reflection, wariness, weighing, weight, weighting), observação (condition survey, look out, monitoring, note, notice, observation, outlook, reflection, remark), meditação (cogitation, contemplation, meditation, muse, reflection, rumination, self-communion, speculation, thinking, thought), imagem refletida (reflection, reflex, shadow), comentário (annotation, comment, commentary, footnote, gloss, note, reflection, remark), aquilo que é refletido (reflection). (various references)

Romanian		chibzuialã (consideration, prudence, rumination, thinking). (various references)

Russian		размышление (cogitation, meditation, reasoning, reflection, self-communion, speculation, thinking), раздумье (afterthought, recollection, reflection, second thought), отражение (image, rebound, reflection, reflex), пятно (attaint, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, fleck, imputation, moil, patch, reflection, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, spots of, stain, stigma, taint), порицание (animadversion, blame, censure, decrial, dispraise, reflection, reprehension, reprobation), изображение (delineation, depiction, description, effigy, figure, icon, ikon, image, imagery, portrait, portrayal, reflection, representation, scenes). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		refleksija (reflection), refleks (reflex), razmišljanje (cogitation, contemplation, meditation, reflection, reflections), odraz (reflection, take off). (various references)

Spanish		reproche (reflection, reproach, upbraiding), reflexión (afterthought, cogitation, consideration, consultation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, rumination, thought), reflejo (clutter, luster, luster color, lustre, reflection, reflex, rinse), reconsideración (reconsideration, reflection), pensamiento (contemplation, deliberation, foreboding, formulation, heart's ease, judgement, judgment, pansy, reflection, thing, think, thinking, thought), espejo (deflector, glass, impact plate, impact surface, looking glass, looking-glass, mirror, reflection, reflector, reflector-mirror, slipper, transom, white patch), crítica (appreciation, censure, chicane, critical, critical observation, criticism, critique, indictment, notice, reflection, review, stricture). (various references)

Swedish		reflexion (cogitation, reflection, sound reflection). (various references)

Turkish		refleks (jerk, reflection, reflex), yansıyan görüntü (reflection), yansıma (rebound, reflection, reflex, repercussion, response, reverberation), yankı (echo, rebound, reflection, repercussion, repercussions, replication), kusur bulma (faultfinding, reflection), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), derin düşünce (contemplation, reflection), ayıplama (blame, condemnation, disapproval, dispraise, reflection, reprobation, reproof, reproval), aksetme (reflection), akis (converse, echo, inversion, mirror image, reflection, reflex, reverberation). (various references)

Ukranian		відблиск (afterglow, blink, glisten, glow, reflection), відбиття (projection, rebuff, reflection, reflex, repulsion, reverberation, shedding), міркування (case, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, descant, rationale, reflection, speculation, think, thinking). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reflexion": reflexions. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-l-n-o-r-x"
	-2 letters: eloiner, flexion, olefine.
	-3 letters: feline, ferine, ferlie, flexor, florin, fornix, foxier, liefer, lierne, neroli, olefin, oleine, refile, refine, reflex, relief, reline.
	-4 letters: elfin, eloin, enrol, exile, exine, felon, filer, finer, fixer, fleer, flier, infer, irone, leone, lifer, liner, loner, nerol, oiler, olein, oriel, refel, refix, reoil, rifle.
	-5 letters: enol, erne, exon, feel, fere, fern, file, filo, fine, fino, fire, firn, flee, flex, floe, foil, foin, fore, free, froe, ilex, info, inro, iron, leer, leno, lief, lien, lier, life, line, lino, lion, lire, loin, lone, lore, lorn, neif, nixe, noel, noil, noir, nori, orle, oxen, reef, reel, reif, rein, riel, rife, rile, roil, role, rolf.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-f-i-l-n-o-r-x"
	+1 letter: reflexions.
	+3 letters: retroflexion.
	+4 letters: retroflexions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 66 6C 65 78 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-. . ..-. .-.. . -..- .. --- -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#102 &#108 &#101 &#120 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
de la luz reflexion	26
reflexion	26
de mensajes reflexion	16
de pensamientos reflexion	12
reflexion refraccion y	12
de lecturas reflexion	7
de historias reflexion	7
de poemas reflexion	6
de frases reflexion	6
reflexion x	5
reflexion sealy	5
de la leyes reflexion	5
de jeux reflexion	4
de padres reflexion	4
de leyes reflexion	3
de de la la leyes luz reflexion	3
amor de reflexion	3
cuentos de reflexion	3
de ley reflexion	3
reflexion refraccion	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Reflexion

Definitions: Reflexion

Reflexion

Noun

Synonyms: Reflexion

Synonyms within Context: Reflexion

Copy

Recoil

Regression

Crosswords: Reflexion

Commercial Usage: Reflexion

Books

Music

Usage Frequency: Reflexion

Expressions: Reflexion

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reflexion

de la luz reflexion

reflexion

de mensajes reflexion

de pensamientos reflexion

reflexion refraccion y

de lecturas reflexion

de historias reflexion

de poemas reflexion

de frases reflexion

reflexion x

reflexion sealy

de la leyes reflexion

de jeux reflexion

de padres reflexion

de leyes reflexion

de de la la leyes luz reflexion

amor de reflexion

cuentos de reflexion

de ley reflexion

reflexion refraccion

Modern Translations: Reflexion

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukranian

Derivations: Reflexion

Derivations

Anagrams: Reflexion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Reflexion

52 65 66 6C 65 78 69 6F 6E

.-. . ..-. .-.. . -..- .. --- -.

01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000 01101001 01101111 01101110

&#82 &#101 &#102 &#108 &#101 &#120 &#105 &#111 &#110

0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078 0069 006F 006E

527172787190758180

INDEX