different between reflection vs clarification
reflection
English
Alternative forms
- reflexion
Etymology
From Middle French reflexion, reflection, and its source Late Latin reflexio, from the participle stem of reflectere. The current spelling is influenced by reflect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???fl?k??n/
- Hyphenation: re?flec?tion
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
reflection (countable and uncountable, plural reflections)
- The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
- The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
- Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
- Careful thought or consideration.
- An implied criticism.
- (computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
- (anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.
Derived terms
Related terms
- reflect
- reflective
- reflector
Translations
See also
- refraction
- diffraction
reflection From the web:
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- what reflection produces this image
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clarification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin cl?rific?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klæ??f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
clarification (countable and uncountable, plural clarifications)
- The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
- The act of freeing from obscurities.
Quotations
- 1627, Sir Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries
- To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.
Related terms
- clarifier
- clarify
Translations
See also
- qualification
- sedimentation
References
- clarification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French clarification, from Latin cl?rific?ti?; equivalent to clarifier +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.?i.fi.ka.sj??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
clarification f (plural clarifications)
- clarification
Related terms
- see clair
Further reading
- “clarification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cl?rific?ti?.
Noun
clarification f (plural clarifications)
- clarification
Descendants
- French: clarification
- ? English: clarification
clarification From the web:
- what clarification mean
- what does clarification mean
- what is an example of clarification
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