Transflection
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe. countable, uncountable
"Because the beam is transmitted through the film and reflected from the substrate, the measurement of the spectra of relatively thick films on metal substrates is usually known as transflection spectrometry."
- 2 A transfiguration consisting of reflection about a line combined with translation along the same line. countable, uncountable
"Clearly, A", B", C" are not images of A, B, C, under either a translation, rotation, or reflection. Hopefully, it will be possible to find a unique transflection which does the job."
- 3 The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word. countable, uncountable
"A third means of a morphological nature is transflection, i.e., the transfer of a vocable (usually a verb) from one inflectional pattern to another."
Synonyms
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More examples"Because the beam is transmitted through the film and reflected from the substrate, the measurement of the spectra of relatively thick films on metal substrates is usually known as transflection spectrometry."
Etymology
Blend of transmission + reflection.
Blend of translation + reflection.
Blend of transform + inflection.
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