reflexion

noun
/ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/UK

Etymology

From Middle English reflexion, reflexioun, from Middle French reflexion and its etymon Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.

  1. derived from reflexiō
  2. derived from reflexion
  3. inherited from reflexion,reflexioun

Definitions

  1. Dated spelling of reflection.

    • Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion.
    • He gets off the train, determined not to leave town after all. But a little further reflexion shows him the folly of such a course.
    • Reflexion near 48 μm was provided by strong reststrahl reflexion from ZnSe used in the multilayer construction.
  2. An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object…

    An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reflexion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA