Definition of Reflecting

1. Adjective. Causing reflection or having a device that reflects. "A reflecting microscope"

Similar to: Reflective

Definition of Reflecting

1. a. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.

Definition of Reflecting

1. reflect [v] - See also: reflect

Medical Definition of Reflecting

1. 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 Goniometer. Reflecting telescope. See Telescope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reflecting

reflates
reflating
reflation
reflationary
reflations
reflect
reflect
reflectance
reflectances
reflected
reflected colours
reflected inguinal ligament
reflected light
reflected ray
reflecting (current term)
reflecting (current term)
reflecting retinoscope
reflecting telescope
reflection
reflection
reflectional
reflections
reflection coefficient
reflection factor
reflection factor
reflection X-ray microscopy
reflective
reflective
reflectively
reflectiveness

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