About The Word Reflecting
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Reflecting
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What's The Definition Of Reflecting?
[adj] causing reflection or having a device that reflects; "a reflecting microscope"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Reflecting: reflective Related Terms | Find terms related to Reflecting: See Also | Reflecting In Webster's Dictionary \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
{Reflecting circle}, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
{Reflecting galvanometer}, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also {mirror galvanometer}.
{Reflecting goniometer}. See under {Goniometer}.
{Reflecting telescope}. See under {Telescope}.
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