reflectibilityn.
/rᵻˌflɛktᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /rəˌflɛktəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /riˌflɛktəˈbɪlᵻdi/ rare.
Ability to reflect (in various senses of the verb); reflectivity.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > state of being reflective
relucency1611
reflexivity1662
reflectibility1672
relucence1717
reflectivity1853
1672 I. Newton Let. 21 May in Corr. (1959) I. 160 This..most properly apperteines to ye former discourse of light, being a declaration of the different reflectibility of the severall sorts of rays, as that was of their different refrangibility.
1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm xxvi. 256 And therefore they [sc. rays of light] have all the same Degree of Reflectibility.
1826 J. Farrar tr. J. B. Biot Exper. Treat. Optics 274 There will be at this very instant another particle..which will have attained the proper degree of reflectibility.
1942 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Dispatch 31 Aug. 2/3 No shiny surfaced material should be employed because of its high reflectibility.
1998 I. M. Blanco Unconscious as Infinite Sets (Rev. ed.) vi. xxi. 229 The infinite ‘reflectibility’ of consciousness upon itself is a case of an infinite set.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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