"transflection" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transflections [plural]
Etymology: Blend of transmission + reflection Etymology templates: {{blend|en|transmission|reflection}} Blend of transmission + reflection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)
  1. A type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-transflection-en-noun-Jg5S5hci
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: transflexion
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: transflections [plural]
Etymology: Blend of translation + reflection Etymology templates: {{blend|en|translation|reflection}} Blend of translation + reflection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)
  1. (geometry) A transfiguration consisting of reflection about a line combined with translation along the same line. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms: glide reflection
    Sense id: en-transflection-en-noun-xBmPIipC Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 23 56 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 68 7 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: transflexion
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: transflections [plural]
Etymology: Blend of transform + inflection Etymology templates: {{blend|en|transform|inflection}} Blend of transform + inflection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transflection (countable and uncountable, plural transflections)
  1. (linguistics) The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-transflection-en-noun-9BQL1OwB Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: transflexion
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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