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reflective

  • adjective
  • /ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

Example

“Mirrors are reflective.”

Other meanings

  1. Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.

    “He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.”

  2. That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.

Related words

  • reflectivity
  • antireflective
  • coreflective
  • echoreflective
  • hyperreflective
  • hyporeflective
  • irreflective
  • metareflective
  • nonreflective
  • overreflective
  • reflectively
  • reflectiveness

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “reflective” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.