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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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reflection

Summary

reflection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (826 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • reflection is a type of surface phenomenon[2].
  • reflection is a type of optical phenomenon[3].
  • reflection's Commons category is recorded as Reflections[4].
  • reflection's has cause is recorded as refraction[5].
  • reflection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reflections[6].
  • reflection's described by source is recorded as Reflection of Light[7].
  • reflection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • reflection's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9].
  • reflection's has effect is recorded as reflection[10].
  • reflection's different from is recorded as retrodirectivity[11].
  • reflection's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include surface phenomenon[2] and optical phenomenon[3].

Why It Matters

reflection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (826 views/month).[1] reflection has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] reflection is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → retrodirectivity
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 176541
    Has effect → reflection
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 701, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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