'Reflectiveness' definitions:
Definition of 'reflectiveness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The capability of quiet thought or contemplation [syn: reflectiveness, reflectivity]
Definition of 'Reflectiveness'
From: GCIDE
- Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]
- 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. [1913 Webster]
- In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Reflectiveness'
- Reflect,
- Reflected,
- Reflectent,
- Reflectible,
- Reflecting,
- Reflectingly,
- Reflection,
- Reflective,
- Reflectively,
- reflectance,
- reflectivity,
- Angle of reflection,
- Plane of reflection,
- Reflected vision,
- Reflecting circle,
- Reflecting galvanometer,
- Reflecting goniometer,
- Reflecting telescope,
- coefficient of reflection,
- reflect upon,
- reflection factor,
- reflective power,
- sound reflection,
- Angle of total reflection,
- space-reflection symmetry