Reflected
- Reflect Re*flect" (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reflecting}.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
{Flexible}, and cf. {Reflex}, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
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Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Bodies close together reflect their own color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror. [1913 Webster]
Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Reflected — Re*flect ed, a. 1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Not one s own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory. [1913 Webster] 3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reflected — reflected; un·reflected; … English syllables
reflected — adjective (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back reflected light reflected heat reflected glory • Ant: ↑unreflected • Similar to: ↑echoic, ↑echolike, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
reflected — adjective bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light) Reflected light or reflected heat … Wiktionary
reflected — adj. Reflected is used with these nouns: ↑glory, ↑sunlight … Collocations dictionary
reflected — adj. [L. re, again; flectere, to bend or turn] 1. Turned back on itself; turned from the general course of the structure. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Referring to the outer and columellar lips … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
reflected — re·flect·ed (re flekґtəd) turned or bent back; mirrored … Medical dictionary
reflected — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mirrored, repeated, reproduced, echoed, followed, derived from, returned, thrown back, sent back, cast back, emulated, imitated, brought to mind … English dictionary for students
reflected — rɪ flektɪd adj. sent back, cast back, returned; mirrored, sent back as a mirror image re·flect || rɪ flekt v. mirror, send back a mirror image; send back energy from a surface; send back, cause to return; express, give a particular… … English contemporary dictionary
Reflected-wave switching — is a signalling technique used in backplane computer buses such as PCI. A backplane computer bus is a type of multilayer printed circuit board that has at least one (almost) solid layer of copper called the ground plane, and at least one layer of … Wikipedia
