reflecting goniometer

[GONIOMETER.] reflecting-microscope, s. Optics: A form of microscope first proposed by Newton, in which the image formed by a small concave speculum may be viewed either by the naked chin, bench ; go, gem; thin, this; Slough, Bucking hams hire, England. With it he discovered the two innermost satellites of Saturn (q. v.). re-fiěct-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. reflecting ; -ly.] 1. With reflection; thoughtfully. 2. With censure; reproachfully, censoriously. re-flěc-tion, *rě-fiěx-ion (xas ksh), s . [Lat. reflexio, from reflex us , pa. par. of reflecto =to reflect (q.v.).] 1. The act of reflecting or throwing back, as of rays of light, heat, .; the state of being reflected. "Lights, by clear reflection multiplied, From many a mirror."- Cowper : Task , iv. 268. surface. "Mountain peak and village age spire Retain reflection of his fire." Scott : Rokeby, v. 1. 3. The act or habit of turning the mind to something which has already occupied it; thoughtful, attentive, or continued consideration or deliberation; meditation, thought. 4. The action of the mind by which it takes cognizance of its own operations. 5. The result of continued consideration, deliberation, or meditation; thought or opinion arising from deliberation. "Job s reflections on his once flourishing estate, did at the same time afflict and encourage him." - Atterbury. 6. Censure, reproach, opprobrium, blame. (1) Plane of reflection: The plane pa ing through the perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence and the path of the reflected ray of light or heat. (2) Total reflection : Said of a ray of light which, when it traverses a refracting medium, is totally reflected at the surface of the medium, so that it does not i ue from it at all. *re-fiěc-tion-Ing, s . [English reflection; -ing.] The act or state of reflecting; reflection. "Reflection ing apart, thou seest that her plot is beginning to work."- Richardson: Clari a, vi. 3.