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Reflection vs Inverted - What's the difference?

reflection | inverted |

As a noun reflection

is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

As an adjective inverted is

changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary.

As a verb inverted is

(invert).

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

    inverted

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary.
  • (music) (of a chord ) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher
  • (chemistry) (of sugar ) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (invert)
  • References

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