English-Italian translations for reflection

• riflessione
  Per ora siamo alla fase di riflessione. For now, we are at the reflection stage.
  Permettetemi, tuttavia, di proporre una riflessione. Permit me, however, to offer a reflection.
  Lei dice “passiamo dalla riflessione all’azione”; io dico “passiamo dalla riflessione all’analisi”. You say, ‘we go from reflection to action’; I say we go from reflection to analysis.
• riflesso
  La moneta è il riflesso di un'economia, non è l'economia, è l'ombra priettata dall'economia. It is the reflection or shadow of the economy, not the economy itself.
  Il fatto che abbia agito diversamente è un triste riflesso della sua incapacità di trarre insegnamento dalla storia. That it failed to do so was a sad reflection on its failure to learn the lessons of history.
  Desidero tuttavia sottolineare che non credo ciò abbia alcun riflesso sulla sua persona. However, I should emphasise that I do not think that is any reflection on her.
• riverbero

Definition of reflection

• The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected
• Something, such as an image, that is reflected
• Careful thought or consideration
• An implied criticism
• The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time

Examples

• The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror
• After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition
• It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them

Related words

• antireflection
• reflection nebula
• angle of reflection
• given to reflection
• period of reflection
• self reflection
• apply an antireflection coating