Reflection

Reflection or reflexion may refer to:

Science and technology

• Reflection (physics), a common wave phenomenon
  • Specular reflection, mirror-like reflection of waves from a surface
    • Mirror image, a reflection in a mirror or in water
  • Diffuse reflection, where ray incident on the surface is scattered
  • Retroreflection, technology for returning light in the direction from which it came
  • Signal reflection, in signal transmission
• Elastic scattering, a process in nuclear and particle physics
• Reflection nebula, a nebula that is extended and has no boundaries
• Reflection seismology or seismic reflection, a method of exploration geophysics

Mathematics

• Reflection principle, in set theory
• Point reflection, a reflection across a point
• Reflection (mathematics), a transformation of a space
• Reflection formula, a relation in a function
• Reflective subcategory, in category theory
• Reflection symmetry, the property of being unchanged by a reflection

Computing

• Reflection (computer graphics), simulation of reflective surfaces
• Reflection mapping, an efficient image-based lighting technique for approximating the appearance of a reflective surface by means of a precomputed texture
• Reflection (reflective programming), a computer program that accesses or modifies its own code
• Reflection, terminal emulation software by Attachmate

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• The Reflection (TV series), an anime series created by Stan Lee and Hiroshi Nagahama
• "Reflection", an episode of Power Rangers: SPD
• Reflection (2018 film), a Burmese film
• Reflection (2021 film), a Ukrainian film

Music

Albums

• Reflection (Brian Eno album) or the title song, 2017
• Reflection (Demis Roussos album), 1984
• Reflection (Derek Minor album), 2016
• Reflection (Loraine James album), 2021
• Reflection (Fifth Harmony album) or the title song, 2015
• Reflection (Hooverphonic album), 2013
• Reflection (Pentangle album) or the title song, 1971
• Reflection (Redrama album), 2014
• Reflection (The Rubyz album) or the title song, 2011
• Reflection (Steamhammer album), or Steamhammer, 1969
• Reflection (Tofubeats album) or the title song, 2022
• Reflection (Unashamed album) or the title song, 1996
• Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings, by Mari Hamada, 2008
• The Reflection (album) or the title song, by Keb' Mo', 2011
• Reflection, by Mr. Children, 2015
• Reflection, by the Shadows, 1990
• Reflection, by Rophnan, 2018
• Reflection, by Kelly Chen, 2013

Songs

• "Reflection" (song), by Christina Aguilera from the soundtrack of the animated Disney film, Mulan (1998)
• "Reflection", by Bobbie Singer, Austria's selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• "Reflection", by As I Lay Dying from Shadows Are Security, 2005
• "Reflection", by Bleeding Through from Dust to Ashes, 2001
• "Reflection", by BTS from Wings, 2016
• "Reflection", by Mirror from One and All, 2019
• "Reflection", by Prince from Musicology, 2004
• "Reflection", by Seduce the Heaven from Field of Dreams, 2013
• "Reflection", by Tool from Lateralus, 2001
• "Reflection", by Young Dolph & Key Glock from Dum and Dummer, 2019
• "The Reflection", by The Haunted from The Dead Eye, 2006

Other art

• Reflection, installation art by Shane Cooper
• The Reflection, a work of fiction by Hugo Wilcken

Other uses

• Self-reflection, the ability to witness and evaluate our own cognitive, emotional, and behavioural processes
• Reflection, a tool used in reflective practice and education
• Reflective surfaces (climate engineering)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Reflection
• All pages with titles containing Reflection
• Reflector (disambiguation)
• Reflections (disambiguation)
• Reflexive (disambiguation)
• Reflected (disambiguation)