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.

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) A caper, a frolic; merriment.

Noun

(en noun)

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.

* 1847 , Alfred Tennyson, The Princess , Canto VII, lines 107-108

we sat / But spoke not, rapt in nameless reverie ,

*{{quote-book, year=1913, author=

, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=3 citation , passage=He fell into a reverie', a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into ' reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.}}

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie , and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.}}

An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

* (rfdate)

If the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool; there are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both.