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Webster 1913 Edition


Reflexion

Re-flex′ion

(-fl?k′sh?n)
,
Noun.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reflexion

REFLEX'ION.

[See Reflection.]

Definition 2024


Reflexion

Reflexion

See also: reflexion, réflexion, and reflexión

German

3. Reflexion

Noun

Reflexion f (genitive Reflexion, plural Reflexionen)

  1. reflection (act of reflecting; thinking)
  2. (programming, object-oriented programming) reflection
  3. (optics) reflection (the state of being reflected)

Declension

Usage notes

Not used in spoken language, which favours Reflektion.

Synonyms

reflexion

reflexion

See also: Reflexion, réflexion, and reflexión

English

Noun

reflexion (plural reflexions)

  1. Alternative spelling of reflection
    • John Goodman
      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.

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