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Indicative vs Reflection - What's the difference?

indicative | reflection |

As a noun reflection is

the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

indicative

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
  • He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
  • (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
  • Noun

  • (grammar) the indicative mood
  • reflection

    English

    Alternative forms

    * reflexion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
  • The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
  • Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
  • (senseid) Careful thought or consideration.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections .}}
  • An implied criticism.
  • (label) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
  • Derived terms

    * reflectional * reflectionless * self-reflection

    See also

    * refraction * diffraction