Reflected

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reflected \Re*flect"ed\, a.
     1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light,
        heat, sound, etc.
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     2. Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory


        was reflected glory.
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     3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reflect \Re*flect"\ (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Reflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reflecting}.] [L. reflectere,
     reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
     {Flexible}, and cf. {Reflex}, v.]
     1. 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.
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              Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
              quotations.                           --Fuller.
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              Bodies close together reflect their own color.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
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              Nature is the glass reflecting God,
              As by the sea reflected is the sun.   --Young.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reflected
       adj : (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back;
             "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory"
             [ant: {unreflected}]