reflected
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reflect/rɪˈflekt/
▶verb
- 1 (of a surface or body) throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it.
■ (of a mirror or shiny surface) show an image of.
- 2 embody or represent in a faithful or appropriate way: the letters reflect all aspects of his life.
■ (reflect well/badly on) bring about a good or bad impression of.
- 3 (reflect on/upon) think deeply or carefully about.
– origin ME: from OFr. reflecter or L. reflectere, from re- ‘back’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
'reflected' also found in these Oxford entries:
albedo
- angle of reflection
- camera lucida
- Cassegrain telescope
- caustic
- compact disc
- critical angle
- direct
- earthshine
- echo
- echolocation
- externality
- gegenschein
- gleam
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- Gregorian telescope
- heliograph
- image
- mirage
- mirror writing
- moon
- Porro prism
- pupil
- pupil
- radar
- reflected glory
- reflection
- reflex
- reflexible
- scanning electron microscope
- shine
- sky wave
- snow-blind
- summa
