reflecting

Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other polished surface.

Given to reflection; thoughtful; meditative; provident: as, a reflecting mind.

An instrument in which a slow-moving bubble is viewed by reflection, so that the image of the middle of it can he seen by the side of the direct image of a distant object. Such are Abney’s and Locke’s levels, used by topographers. See Locke lavel, under level.

Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.

Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative.

an astronomical instrument for measuring angless, like the sextant or Hadley’s quadrant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle.

a galvanometer in which the deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image of a scale; — called also mirror galvanometer.

See under Goniometer.

See under Telescope.

Present participle of reflect.