Sekirov Dictionary

reflective

/ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/

adjective 6
noun 1
forms 3

adjective6

•
That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Mirrors are reflective.
Involving reflection.
•
Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.
That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
•
By means of reflection.
- In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […] — 2024
Reciprocal.

noun1

•
A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with abstract reasoning.
- Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion? — 1872

forms

reflectives · more reflective · most reflective

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