Reflection
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Reflection or reflection may refer to:
Science
- Mirror imageMirror imageA mirror image is a reflected duplication of an object that appears identical but reversed. As an optical effect it results from reflection off of substances such as a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can be used as a conceptualization process for 3-D structures...
, a reflection in a mirror or in water - Reflection nebulaReflection nebulaIn Astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of dust which are simply reflecting the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby star, or stars, is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula to create an emission nebula, but is enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust...
, a nebula that is extended and has no boundaries - Reflection (physics)Reflection (physics)Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two differentmedia so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves...
, a common wave phenomenon - Signal reflectionSignal reflectionSignal reflection occurs when a signal is transmitted along a transmission medium, such as a copper cable or an optical fiber, some of the signal power may be reflected back to its origin rather than being carried all the way along the cable to the far end. This happens because imperfections in the...
, in signal transmission
Computers
- Reflection (computer graphics)Reflection (computer graphics)Reflection in computer graphics is used to emulate reflective objects like mirrors and shiny surfaces.Reflection is accomplished in a ray trace renderer by following a ray from the eye to the mirror and then calculating where it bounces from, and continuing the process until no surface is found, or...
, a computer graphics technique - Reflection (computer programming), a process in computer programming
- Reflection or "Parasight", a piece of installation art by Shane Cooper (artist)
- Reflection, a brand name used by AttachmateAttachmateAttachmate Corporation is a software company owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Bravo. Attachmate focuses on terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer, and enterprise fraud management software. Attachmate Corporation...
Entertainment
- "Reflection", a song by Tool from their 2001 album LateralusLateralusLateralus is the third studio album by American rock band Tool. The album was released on May 15, 2001, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. On August 5, 2003, Lateralus was certified double platinum by the RIAA. On August 30, 2004 the album was certified Silver by the BPI for...
- "Reflection" (song)Reflection (song)"Reflection" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 animated film Mulan, recorded by American recording artist Christina Aguilera. In the months before the recording of the track, Aguilera approached RCA, which gave her the chance to record the theme song to the film Mulan...
, a 1998 song by Lea Salonga, covered by Christina Aguilera - Reflection (band)Reflection (band)Reflection was formed in 1992 in Dortmund, Germany. Like their countrymates Kreator and Destruction, they play thrash metal.With their album 'Made in Hell' Reflection were called "one of the best German Thrash-Newcomers" by big German metal-magazines like "Heavy oder was?" and "Rock Hard".- Current...
, a German thrash metal band - Reflection (Pentangle album), a 1971 album by Pentangle
- Reflection (Demis Roussos album)Reflection (Demis Roussos album)Reflection is an album released in 1984 by Demis Roussos.After having collaborated several times since the days of Aphrodite's Child, Reflection was the last album on which Roussos and Vangelis collaborated together. Another member from that band, guitarist Argyris 'Silver' Koulouris, also appears...
- Reflection (The Rubyz album)Reflection (The Rubyz album)Reflection is the third studio album released by the American Christian tween pop girl group, The Rubyz. According to Jesus Freak Hideout, the album, billed as an "MVP" format-album , was released in two parts on May 3, 2011. The first part is a DVD and the second part is an album download...
, released in 2011 - Reflection (The Shadows album), a 1990 studio album by The ShadowsThe ShadowsThe Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...
- Reflection (online game), a game developed by Free Fall AssociatesFree Fall AssociatesFree Fall Associates was a computer game developer of the 1980s and early 1990s. It was founded in 1981 by Jon Freeman, his wife, game programmer Anne Westfall, and game designer Paul Reiche III...
- "Reflection", an episode of Power Rangers: SPD
- Steamhammer (album)Steamhammer (album)Steamhammer was the debut album issued in 1969 by the British blues-rock band Steamhammer. Steamhammer was chosen as legendary blues guitarist Freddy King's backing band whenever he toured England...
, by Steamhammer, also known as Reflection
Mathematics
- Reflection (mathematics)Reflection (mathematics)In mathematics, a reflection is a mapping from a Euclidean space to itself that is an isometry with a hyperplane as set of fixed points; this set is called the axis or plane of reflection. The image of a figure by a reflection is its mirror image in the axis or plane of reflection...
, a transformation of a space - Reflection formulaReflection formulaIn mathematics, a reflection formula or reflection relation for a function f is a relationship between f and f...
, a relation in a function - Reflection groupReflection groupIn group theory and geometry, a reflection group is a discrete group which is generated by a set of reflections of a finite-dimensional Euclidean space. The symmetry group of a regular polytope or of a tiling of the Euclidean space by congruent copies of a regular polytope is necessarily a...
, a group generated by reflections - Reflection principleReflection principleIn set theory, a branch of mathematics, a reflection principle says that it is possible to find sets that resemble the class of all sets. There are several different forms of the reflection principle depending on exactly what is meant by "resemble"...
, a theorem of set theory - Point reflectionPoint reflectionIn geometry, a point reflection or inversion in a point is a type of isometry of Euclidean space...
, a reflection across a point - Reflection theoremReflection theoremIn algebraic number theory, a reflection theorem or Spiegelungssatz is one of a collection of theorems linking the sizes of different ideal class groups , or the sizes of different isotypic components of a class group...
, a collection of theorems in number theory - Reflection symmetryReflection symmetryReflection symmetry, reflectional symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, mirror-image symmetry, or bilateral symmetry is symmetry with respect to reflection. That is, a figure which does not change upon undergoing a reflection has reflectional symmetry.In 2D there is a line of symmetry, in 3D a...
, symmetry with respect to reflection
See also
- Reflector (disambiguation)
- Reflections (disambiguation)
- Reflexive (disambiguation)