thea reflecting of light, sound, etc
something produced by reflecting, e.g.:
an image given back by or as if by a reflecting surface
an effect produced by or related to a specified influence or cause
crime as a reflection of an unstable society
(usu + on) an often obscure or indirect criticism
‘Devil's-foot root! No, I have never heard of it.’ ‘It is no reflection on your professional knowledge … for … there is no other specimen in Europe.’ — Conan Doyle
serious thought or consideration
in mathematics, a transformation of a figure with respect to a reference line or plane producing a mirror image of the figure
reflectional adj