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reflection

change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated
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Summary

reflection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,656 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: surface phenomenon[2], optical phenomenon[3]
  • Commons category: Reflections[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Reflections[5]
  • Described by source: Reflection of Light[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[8]
  • Different from: retrodirectivity[9]
  • Hashtag: Reflections[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

reflection has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] reflection is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Daniel G Rego · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → —
    Has cause → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Has cause: refraction"
  2. 6w ago · XRay · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → Reflections
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Hashtag: Reflections"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → retrodirectivity
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 176541
    Has effect → —
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 701, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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