internalreflection
nounUK /ɪnˈtɜː.nəl rɪˈflek.ʃən/
US /ɪnˈtɝː.nəl rɪˈflek.ʃən/
Thinking quietly about your own thoughts and feelings.
After the test, she sat alone in internal reflection about what she had learned.
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2. The bouncing back of light or sound inside a closed space.
The internal reflection of light inside the glass tube made it glow.
3. A thought or idea that comes back to your mind again and again.
His internal reflection on the happy memory kept him smiling all day.
4. In science, when a wave hits a boundary inside a material and turns back.
Fiber optic cables use internal reflection to carry signals over long distances.