'Reflected' definitions:

Definition of 'reflected'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back; "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory" [ant: unreflected]

Definition of 'Reflected'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • Bodies close together reflect their own color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror. [1913 Webster]
  • Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Reflected'

From: GCIDE
  • Reflected \Re*flect"ed\, a.
  • 1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed. [1913 Webster]

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