reflection

noun8

1. •
   The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. •
   A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.

   • Our recent results are a reflection of the progress we've made as a team.
3. •
   Used to make an implied criticism.

   • It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.
4. •
   Careful thought or consideration.

   • After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.
5. •
   Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

   • The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.
6. •
   The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
7. •
   The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

   • DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes. — 2002
8. •
   The folding of a part; a fold.