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.
To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
A wave on a string that is tied to a pole at one end will reflect back toward its source, producing a wave that is the mirror-image of the original and which travels in the opposite direction.
When light bounces off an object. Usually we associate reflection with a smooth, polished surface, however the surface doesn't have to be smooth. Light reflects off your shirt, therefore others can see that you're wearing one.
To throw back light, heat, or sound.
to throw or bend back light from a surface refract - when a light ray traveling through air hits a different material. When the light ray hits the new material, its speed and direction will change. This can cause some things to look strange. For example, this happens if we look at a pencil through a glass of water.
To make light bounce off a surface.
In a tessellation, reflect means to repeat an image by flipping it across a line so it appears as it would in a mirror.
manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"
to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
the process in which a light ray bounces off an object and continues travelling. ( Tutorial)
to bounce off a surface, as in light bouncing off a mirror.
To bounce back from a surface.
Bend or throw back light.
This is when a ray of light 'bounces' off of a boundary between different substances