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▪ I. reflecting, vbl. n.|rɪˈflɛktɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. in various senses.
1530Palsgr. 261/2 Reflectyng, reflection, reuerberation. 1578Banister Hist. Man i. 35 This maner of the ioynt serueth to the bowyng, and reflectyng of the foote. 1594Chapman Shadow Night D iv, As when the sunnebeams..dance vpon a wall, that is the subiect of his [the sun's] faire reflectings. 1666–7Pepys Diary 14 Feb., My Lord Bellassis would not take notice of their reflecting on him. 1711Brit. Apollo III. No. 156. 2/1 The Earth's reflecting of the Sun's Light. 1712Addison Spect. No. 418 ⁋5 We are delighted with the reflecting upon Dangers that are past.
attrib.1826Henry Elem. Chem. I. 477 In general the reflecting power was found..to be proportionate to the degree of polish.
▪ II. reflecting, ppl. a.|rɪˈflɛktɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
1. a. That reflects, or casts back, light or images of things; † reflecting glass, a mirror. Also, that reflects waves or radiation of other kinds (cf. reflect v. 4 b).
1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 59 The murtherers That rob me of your faire reflecting view. 1592Kyd Sol. & Pers. i. iii. 130, I am now captiuated with the reflecting eye Of that admirable comet Perseda. 1601Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. xlv. (1631) 258 The truest reflecting glasses, are those that present particular mens lives. 1734Watts Reliq. Juv. Pref. (1789) 8 When a reflecting glass shews the deformities of a face so plain as to point to the person [etc.]. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 51 The two reflectors..or as we term them—‘reflecting surfaces’. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Friendship Wks. (Bohn) I. 92 It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide..and only a small part on the reflecting planet. 1850W. & R. Chambers Nat. Philos. Acoustics 26 The reflected [sound] waves have the same form as if they diverged from a point on the other side of the reflecting surface, directly opposite to the origin of the waves and equally distant from the surface. 1869J. Tyndall Sound (ed. 2) i. 13 Like sound also, light and radiant heat, when sent through a tube with a reflecting interior surface, may be conveyed to great distances with comparatively little loss. 1937Discovery Jan. 3 The reflecting ionosphere layer. 1953Reed & Russell Ultra High Frequency Propagation 513 The amplitude of the reflected energy is dependent..upon the dynamic mechanics of the reflecting media.
b. Provided or fitted with some arrangement or apparatus serving to reflect light or images; esp. reflecting telescope.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Reflecting, or Reflexive Dyals, are made by a little piece of Looking-Glass-Plate, duly placed, which reflects the Sun's Rays to the top of a Ceiling, &c. where the Dyal is drawn. Ibid., Reflecting Telescope. 1722Pope Let. to R. Digby 10 Oct., Have ye not Reflecting Telescopes whereby ye may innocently magnify her Spots and Blemishes? 1772in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 242 The reflecting lights fixed up at the Light-houses for this Port. 1802Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Port Patrick, The..quays..with a reflecting light⁓house. 1831Brewster Optics v. 51 The two constitute a reflecting microscope. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc. s.v. Telescope, In reflecting telescopes the speculum or mirror performs the office of the object glass in those of the refracting kind. 1849Sir F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers x. (1851) 96 Lighted by four large reflecting lamps.
2. Casting reflections on a person or thing. (In common use from c 1690 to 1715.)
1687A. Farmer in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 74 Certificates, the most reflecting contents of which they disown. a1715Burnet Own Time vii. (1734) II. 412 The Lower House..brought up injurious and reflecting Addresses to the Upper House. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 125 Neither..are any reflecting words made use of in legal proceedings, and pertinent to the cause in hand, a sufficient cause of action for slander.
3. Having or exercising reflection or thought; characterized by reflection.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. ii. i. 119 Every reasoning or reflecting Creature. 1712Blackmore Creation i. (ed. 2) 6 To pursue That End..Demands a Conscious, Wise, Reflecting Cause. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Poor Relations, With a reflecting sort of congratulation, he will inquire the price of your furniture. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 478 Grave and reflecting men..augured from such beginnings the approach of evil times.
Hence reˈflectingly adv.
1688Boyle in Wks. (1772) I. Life, p. cxxvi, Sometimes naming him [the true author] as it were incidentally, and peradventure reflectingly. 1701Norris Ideal World i. i. 21 He may not indeed think of it reflectingly and distinctly. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIII. 541 Well and reflectingly hath Wordsworth told us that the simplest flower [etc.]. |