Reflexionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
• ハイフネーション: ref‧lex‧ion
• 韻: -ɛkʃən

名詞

reflexion (countable and uncountable, plural reflexions)

1. (chiefly British) Dated spelling of reflection.
   • 1684, John Goodman, A Winter-Evening Conference between neighbours:

     Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion.

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     He gets off the train, determined not to leave town after all. But a little further reflexion shows him the folly of such a course.

   • 1973, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London; Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 334, London: Royal Society of London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 161:

     Reflexion near 48 μm was provided by strong reststrahl reflexion from ZnSe used in the multilayer construction.

   • 2005 February, Markus Stücker et al., “Changes in venous refilling time from childhood to adulthood in subjects with apparently normal veins”, in Journal of Vascular Surgery‎, volume 41, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 March 2013, page 298, column 1:

     Fig 1. Assessment of venous refilling time (T₀)(analog recording by light reflexion rheograph).

   • [2005 April 11, Philip Howard, “Modern Manners”, in The Times‎, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 April 2026:

     “Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.]

2. (grammar, linguistics) An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.

使用する際の注意点

The spelling reflexion fell out of common use in the United States after the 18th century. In the United Kingdom, it remained standard into the early twentieth century but declined thereafter, with reflection becoming the dominant form.

派生語

参考

• refraction
• diffraction