REFLECTION

n. Re-fle2k's hu3n. Lat., reflexio (from reflect ere, to bend back). Fr., reflection, reflexion. Ger., Reflexion, Zuruckiverfung. 1. A turning or bending back, especially the turning back of a ray of light, etc. (cf. ANGLE of r.). [a, 48.] 2. A turning back or turning aside of a structure, as of a flap; also that point of the structure at which the folding takes place. [s. 386]