reflecting

English

Verb

reflecting

  1. present participle of reflect

Noun

reflecting (plural reflectings)

  1. An instance of reflection
    • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
      The Hall of Spiders yawned and shrank, the threads deceiving the eye, the distances, shifting, surging forward or crumbling away, to the illusory reflectings of the moon.

Translations

Adjective

reflecting (comparative more reflecting, superlative most reflecting)

  1. That reflects.
    a reflecting pool
  2. That utilizes reflection.
    a reflecting telescope

Derived terms
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