Question #3206f
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Jul 2, 2017
Explained below plus some additional info...
Explanation:
This term is inherent to any surface that happens to reflect other incident rays, waves, particles.
Generally, those are smooth surfaces rather than rough ones which do not reflect much. In addition, color (frequency) is important.
Reflecting surfaces change the direction of a wavefront when there is interference.
For instance, light is an incident ray which interacts with a surface with a different (non-constant) electromagnetic field and polarity.
Photons and the surface electrons bounce each other, being the light particles reflected.
