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Reductios
- noun - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
Reed Stop
- noun - an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
Reef Knot
- noun - a square knot used in a reef line
Reenactor
- noun - a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier
Refaction
- - Recompense; atonement; retribution.
Refashion
- verb - make new; "She is remaking her image"
Refection
- noun - a light meal or repast
Reflation
- noun - inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
Reflector
- noun - device that reflects radiation
- optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"
Reflexion
- noun - a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- a likeness in which left and right are reversed
- a remark expressing careful consideration
- expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
- the ability to reflect beams or rays
- the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"
- the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface