| slovo | definícia |
reflect
(mass) | reflect
- odraz, zrkadliť, odrážať |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,obrazit Zdeněk Brož |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,obrážet Zdeněk Brož |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,odraz Pavel Machek; Giza |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,odrazit |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,odrážet |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,přemýšlet |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,zrcadlit Zdeněk Brož |
Reflect
(gcide) | Reflect \Re*flect"\ (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
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Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
quotations. --Fuller.
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Bodies close together reflect their own color.
--Dryden.
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2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
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Nature is the glass reflecting God,
As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young.
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Reflect
(gcide) | Reflect \Re*flect"\ v. i.
1. To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or
beams.
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2. To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert;
to return.
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Whose virtues will, I hope,
Reflect on Rome, as Titan's rays on earth. --Shak.
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3. To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to
contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what
passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or
phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest
thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to
moral truth or rules.
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We can not be said to reflect upon any external
object, except so far as that object has been
previously perceived, and its image become part and
parcel of our intellectual furniture. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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All men are concious of the operations of their own
minds, at all times, while they are awake, but there
few who reflect upon them, or make them objects of
thought. --Reid.
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As I much reflected, much I mourned. --Prior.
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4. To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
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Errors of wives reflect on husbands still. --Dryden.
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Neither do I reflect in the least upon the memory of
his late majesty. --Swift.
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Syn: To consider; think; cogitate; mediate; contemplate;
ponder; muse; ruminate.
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reflect
(wn) | reflect
v 1: manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true
beliefs"
2: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the
afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of
God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to
observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, {think
over}, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate,
muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate,
speculate]
3: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected
well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate]
4: be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--
the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect, shine]
5: show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image"
6: give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in
the project reflects badly on him"
7: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room
reflects on the student" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
reflect
(mass) | reflect
- odraz, zrkadliť, odrážať |
coefficient of reflection
(encz) | coefficient of reflection, n: |
interreflection
(encz) | interreflection, n: |
nonreflecting
(encz) | nonreflecting, adj: |
nonreflective
(encz) | nonreflective, adj: |
off-axis reflector
(encz) | off-axis reflector, n: |
parabolic reflector
(encz) | parabolic reflector,parabolický reflektor Clock |
paraboloid reflector
(encz) | paraboloid reflector, n: |
radio reflector
(encz) | radio reflector, n: |
reflect
(encz) | reflect,obrazit Zdeněk Brožreflect,obrážet Zdeněk Brožreflect,odraz Pavel Machek; Gizareflect,odrazit reflect,odrážet reflect,přemýšlet reflect,zrcadlit Zdeněk Brož |
reflect on
(encz) | reflect on,přemítat v: PetrVreflect on,přemýšelet o v: PetrVreflect on,uvažovat o v: PetrV |
reflectance
(encz) | reflectance,odrazivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
reflected
(encz) | reflected,odrážel v: Zdeněk Brožreflected,odražený adj: Zdeněk Brožreflected,zrcadlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reflecting
(encz) | reflecting,odrážející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reflecting telescope
(encz) | reflecting telescope, n: |
reflection
(encz) | reflection,odlesk n: Zdeněk Brožreflection,odraz n: Zdeněk Brožreflection,reflexe n: xkomczaxreflection,zrcadlení n: Zdeněk Brož |
reflection factor
(encz) | reflection factor, n: |
reflectional
(encz) | reflectional,odrazový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reflections
(encz) | reflections,odrazy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
reflective
(encz) | reflective,odrazivý adj: IvČareflective,odrážející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reflective power
(encz) | reflective power, n: |
reflectively
(encz) | reflectively,hloubavě adv: Zdeněk Brožreflectively,přemítavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
reflectiveness
(encz) | reflectiveness,odrazovost n: Zdeněk Brožreflectiveness,přemýšlivost n: Zdeněk Brožreflectiveness,schopnost odrážet světlo Zdeněk Brož |
reflectivity
(encz) | reflectivity,odrazivost n: Zdeněk Brožreflectivity,odraznost n: Zdeněk Brožreflectivity,odrazovost n: Zdeněk Brož |
reflectometer
(encz) | reflectometer,reflektometr n: Zdeněk Brož |
reflector
(encz) | reflector,odrazová deska n: (foto) Ladislav Hlavatýreflector,reflektor n: Zdeněk Brož |
reflectorise
(encz) | reflectorise, v: |
reflectorize
(encz) | reflectorize, v: |
reflects
(encz) | reflects,odráží Zdeněk Brožreflects,reflektuje v: Zdeněk Brožreflects,zrcadlí Zdeněk Brož |
sound reflection
(encz) | sound reflection, n: |
space-reflection symmetry
(encz) | space-reflection symmetry, n: |
unreflected
(encz) | unreflected, |
unreflective
(encz) | unreflective, adj: |
x-ray reflection
(encz) | x-ray reflection,rentgenový odraz n: [fyz.] mamm |
millimeter wave reflectivity measurement system
(czen) | Millimeter Wave Reflectivity Measurement System,MRMMS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Angle of reflection
(gcide) | Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf.
F. r['e]flexion. See Riflect.] [Written also reflexion.]
1. The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the
state of being reflected. Specifically:
(a) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a
surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
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The eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things. --Shak.
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(b) The reverting of the mind to that which has already
occupied it; continued consideration; meditation;
contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of
the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or
states; the capacity for judging rationally,
especially in view of a moral rule or standard.
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By reflection, . . . I would be understood to
mean, that notice which the mind takes of its
own operations, and the manner of them, by
reason whereof there come to be ideas of these
operations in the understanding. --Locke.
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This delight grows and improves under thought
and reflection. --South.
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2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically:
(a) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a
reflected counterpart.
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As the sun water we can bear,
Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there.
--Dryden.
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(b) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the
reflection of a membrane.
(c) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after
attentive consideration or contemplation; especially,
thoughts suggested by truth.
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Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate
did at the same time afflict and encourage him.
--Atterbury.
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4. Censure; reproach cast.
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He died; and oh! may no reflection shed
Its poisonous venom on the royal dead. --Prior.
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5. (Physiol.) The transference of an excitement from one
nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in
reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.
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Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of
light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the
perpendicular to the surface.
Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle,
under Critical.
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Syn: Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation;
consideration; musing; thinking.
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Angle of total reflection
(gcide) | Reflection \Re*flec"tion\ (r?*fl?k"sh?n), n. [L. reflexio: cf.
F. r['e]flexion. See Riflect.] [Written also reflexion.]
1. The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the
state of being reflected. Specifically:
(a) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a
surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
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The eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things. --Shak.
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(b) The reverting of the mind to that which has already
occupied it; continued consideration; meditation;
contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of
the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or
states; the capacity for judging rationally,
especially in view of a moral rule or standard.
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By reflection, . . . I would be understood to
mean, that notice which the mind takes of its
own operations, and the manner of them, by
reason whereof there come to be ideas of these
operations in the understanding. --Locke.
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This delight grows and improves under thought
and reflection. --South.
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2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. That which is produced by reflection. Specifically:
(a) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a
reflected counterpart.
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As the sun water we can bear,
Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there.
--Dryden.
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(b) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the
reflection of a membrane.
(c) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after
attentive consideration or contemplation; especially,
thoughts suggested by truth.
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Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate
did at the same time afflict and encourage him.
--Atterbury.
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4. Censure; reproach cast.
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He died; and oh! may no reflection shed
Its poisonous venom on the royal dead. --Prior.
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5. (Physiol.) The transference of an excitement from one
nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in
reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.
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Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of
light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the
perpendicular to the surface.
Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle,
under Critical.
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Syn: Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation;
consideration; musing; thinking.
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Irreflection
(gcide) | Irreflection \Ir`re*flec"tion\, n.
Lack of reflection.
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Irreflective
(gcide) | Irreflective \Ir`re*flect"ive\, a.
Not reflective. --De Quincey.
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nonreflecting
(gcide) | nonreflecting \nonreflecting\ nonreflective \nonreflective\adj.
1. not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or
shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading
effects on nonreflecting surfaces. [Narrower terms:
echoless ] {reflective
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nonreflective
(gcide) | nonreflecting \nonreflecting\ nonreflective \nonreflective\adj.
1. not capable of total reflection of light; not polished or
shiny; as, It is complicated to create realistic shading
effects on nonreflecting surfaces. [Narrower terms:
echoless ] {reflective
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Plane of reflection
(gcide) | Plane \Plane\, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See Plane, v. & a.]
1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two
points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies
wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which
by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without
curvature.
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2. (Astron.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with,
or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle,
or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of
the ecliptic, or of the equator.
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3. (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface,
used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
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4. (Joinery) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of
wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a
smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side
or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge
of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward,
with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as,
the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane,
etc.
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Objective plane (Surv.), the horizontal plane upon which
the object which is to be delineated, or whose place is to
be determined, is supposed to stand.
Perspective plane. See Perspective.
Plane at infinity (Geom.), a plane in which points
infinitely distant are conceived as situated.
Plane iron, the cutting chisel of a joiner's plane.
Plane of polarization. (Opt.) See Polarization.
Plane of projection.
(a) The plane on which the projection is made,
corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective;
-- called also principal plane.
(b) (Descriptive Geom.) One of the planes to which points
are referred for the purpose of determining their
relative position in space.
Plane of refraction or Plane of reflection (Opt.), the
plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted
or reflected ray.
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Reflected
(gcide) | Reflect \Re*flect"\ (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
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Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
quotations. --Fuller.
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Bodies close together reflect their own color.
--Dryden.
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2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
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Nature is the glass reflecting God,
As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young.
[1913 Webster]Reflected \Re*flect"ed\, a.
1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light,
heat, sound, etc.
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2. Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory
was reflected glory.
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3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
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Reflected vision
(gcide) | Vision \Vi"sion\, n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from
videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. ? to see, ? I know, and E.
wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy,
Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage,
Visit.]
1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
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Faith here is turned into vision there. --Hammond.
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2. (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five
senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of
external objects are appreciated as a result of the
stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an
expansion of the optic nerve.
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3. That which is seen; an object of sight. --Shak.
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4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the
ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural,
prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a
specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
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The baseless fabric of this vision. --Shak.
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No dreams, but visions strange. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
--Locke.
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Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least
distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the
horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes
visible.
Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in
heaven.
Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object
falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow);
also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from
their original direction.
Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.
Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from
an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays
reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms,
respectively.
Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under
Visual.
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Reflectent
(gcide) | Reflectent \Re*flect"ent\ (r?*fl?kt"ent), a. [L. reflectens, p.
pr. of reflectere. See Reflect.]
1. Bending or flying back; reflected. "The ray descendent,
and the ray reflectent flying with so great a speed."
--Sir K. Digby.
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2. Reflecting; as, a reflectent body. --Sir K. Digby.
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Reflectible
(gcide) | Reflectible \Re*flect"i*ble\ (-?*b'l), a.
Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.
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Reflecting
(gcide) | Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
[1913 Webster]Reflect \Re*flect"\ (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
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Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
quotations. --Fuller.
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Bodies close together reflect their own color.
--Dryden.
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2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
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Nature is the glass reflecting God,
As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young.
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Reflecting circle
(gcide) | Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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reflecting circle
(gcide) | Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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Reflecting galvanometer
(gcide) | Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
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(gcide) | Goniometer \Go`ni*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? angle + -meter: cf. F.
goniom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of
crystals, or the inclination of planes.
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Contact goniometer, or Hand goniometer, a goniometer
having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab)
the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn
about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated
circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off.
Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the
angles of crystals by determining through what angular
space the crystal must be turned so that two rays
reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the
same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer,
from the inventor. GoniometricReflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
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Reflecting telescope
(gcide) | Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a.
1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.
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2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective;
contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
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Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring
angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it
carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having
an entire circle.
Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the
deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror
attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image
of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer.
Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer.
Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.
[1913 Webster]Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. ? viewing afar, farseeing; ?
far, far off + ? a watcher, akin to ? to view: cf. F.
t['e]lescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.]
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the
heavenly bodies.
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Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first,
by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant
object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,
secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a
larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ,
thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would
otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential
parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which
collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the
object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by
which the image is magnified.
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Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic.
Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic
eyepiece.
Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple
eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the
image formed by the object glass, and consequently
exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in
astronomical observations.
Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by
Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in
having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave,
and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian
represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their
natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust.
under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian
telescope.
Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic.
Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial.
Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the
eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the
common opera glass. This was the construction originally
adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It
exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural
positions.
Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under Gregorian.
Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form
invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one
speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the
object is formed near one side of the open end of the
tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly.
Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under Newtonian.
Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed
to make photographs of the heavenly bodies.
Prism telescope. See Teinoscope.
Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is
formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two
speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope,
and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an
object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian,
& Newtonian, telescopes}, above.
Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is
formed by refraction through an object glass.
Telescope carp (Zool.), the telescope fish.
Telescope fish (Zool.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish
having very protuberant eyes.
Telescope fly (Zool.), any two-winged fly of the genus
Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies
are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long
stalks.
Telescope shell (Zool.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium
telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls.
Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to
the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as
a sight.
Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one
or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose
of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
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Reflectingly
(gcide) | Reflectingly \Re*flect"ing*ly\, adv.
With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. --Swift.
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