Definition of

Reflection

Thought

Reflection is a mental activity that allows detailed analysis of something.

The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) mentions several meanings of the word reflection , which comes from the Latin term reflexĭo . The first is associated with the verb reflect , which consists of analyzing something carefully.

For example: "I have not yet read the president's reflection on the Iranian attack" , "It would be important for people to give themselves over to reflection before making hasty decisions that always lead to chaos" , "Without reflection, there can never be forgiveness" .

Reflection as a mental activity that can be expressed materially

For philosophy , reflection is an activity carried out to consider something , meditating and thinking about it.

Reflection, therefore, can be said thought activity, but also its material expression . A letter or a journalistic note, in this sense, can be reflections.

The concept linked to sound

Likewise in the field of sound we talk about reflection. In this specific case, this concept is synonymous with the process by which a wave can be reflected or absorbed. These actions will be carried out by someone who encounters an obstacle that is impossible to cross or go around.

In this aforementioned field, reflection is closely related to a series of elements that are what make this action have form and meaning. Thus, specifically we can state that among those, both the echo and the so-called standing waves and the well-known phenomenon of reverberation stand out.

It must be added that in the field of sound, the aforementioned reflection is widely used in the development of musical events because thanks to it it is possible not only to isolate it but also to correctly direct it towards the people who come to them.

Light

In physics, reflection is a phenomenon linked to the reflection of light.

light reflection

In physics , on the other hand, reflection is a phenomenon that occurs when light that falls on a certain material is reflected. This means that reflection implies a modification in the direction of said light, since it returns to its medium.

Not only light can be reflected: water waves and sound waves are also capable of producing this physical phenomenon.

The notion in computing

In the same way we can also establish that reflection is a term that is used in the field of computing to refer to the capacity that a specific programming language has that allows it not only to observe but also to carry out the modification of what which is its high-level structure.

Among these languages ​​we find both C# and Python. These can thus be able to find and also modify what are the various existing source code constructions. Specifically, among them are protocols, code blocks or methods.

Reflection in geometry

For geometry , finally, reflection consists of copying each of the points that form a figure to transfer them to another position, which maintains equidistance with a line that functions as a symmetrical axis.

At the end of the process, the result is an image that is identical to the first one (from which its points have been copied and transferred).