reflection

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. (countable, uncountable)The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
3. (countable, uncountable)Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

   “The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.”

   “A body of black that carried no reflection.”

4. (countable, uncountable)Careful thought or consideration.

   “After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.”

   “But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.”

5. (countable, uncountable)A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.

   “Our recent results are a reflection of the progress we've made as a team.”

   “Zuckerberg said last month that the name change was a reflection of how much Facebook had evolved.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.

   “It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.”

7. (countable, uncountable)The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

   “DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.”

8. (countable, uncountable)The folding of a part; a fold.