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    "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed",
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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T09:42:29Z",
    "providers": [
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      "producedAt": "2026-10-05T15:00:00Z",
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      ]
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    "name": "reflection",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle reflection by wave type, surface, law, applications and hazards such as glare.",
    "definition": "The phenomenon of a propagating wave, such as light or sound, being thrown back from a surface; governed by the law that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection for specular reflection.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Mirrors, optics, acoustics, radar and seeing objects.",
    "affordances": [
      "explain the law of reflection",
      "distinguish specular and diffuse reflection",
      "reduce glare and echoes",
      "use reflectance values in design"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "Wave returns from a surface",
      "Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection",
      "Depends on surface and material",
      "Occurs for light, sound and radio"
    ],
    "appearance": "Mirror images, glints, echoes and bright surfaces.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Mirror images and virtual images",
      "Specular versus diffuse",
      "Reflection as thought is a different sense"
    ],
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      {
        "quantity": "Angle of reflection",
        "unit": "degrees",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure the reflected propagation direction relative to the surface normal for a specified incident wave."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Power reflectance",
        "unit": "dimensionless",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure reflected power divided by incident power under specified wavelength, angle and polarisation conditions."
      },
      {
        "quantity": "Reflection phase shift",
        "unit": "radians",
        "typical_range": "",
        "note": "Measure the phase difference between reflected and incident waves at a defined reference surface."
      }
    ],
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      "specular reflection",
      "diffuse reflection",
      "total internal reflection",
      "acoustic reflection and echoes",
      "interreflection"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "wave phenomenon",
        "why": "category"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is related to",
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        "why": "phenomenon"
      },
      {
        "relation": "produces",
        "target": "mirror image",
        "why": "result"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
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        "why": "another sense"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "Lighting design standards on glare",
      "Building acoustics standards"
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Glare causing accidents",
      "Concentrated sunlight from curved glass",
      "Laser reflections harming eyes"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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      "may": [
        "Explain and compute reflection geometry for light or sound in a stated setting.",
        "Assess glare and acoustic reflection in a design from measured or modelled data."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Design or site a reflective surface so that it throws glare onto roads, flight paths or homes.",
        "Advise on curved or concentrating reflective surfaces without accounting for focused heat.",
        "Give guidance on directing or reflecting a laser beam toward people, vehicles or aircraft.",
        "Dismiss reported glare or echo complaints without measurement."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Approving a facade, mirror or acoustic treatment that affects neighbours or traffic."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Glare from buildings and vehicles blinds drivers and pilots and has caused crashes.",
        "Concentrated reflected sunlight has damaged property and injured people."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Drivers, pilots and pedestrians",
        "Neighbours of reflective buildings",
        "Building occupants"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The owner or designer of the reflecting surface; building authorities set the rules.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "oewn",
      "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-11523478-n",
      "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-11523478-n",
      "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    },
    {
      "id": "wiktionary-en",
      "title": "Wiktionary: reflection",
      "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reflection",
      "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage",
      "url_status": "live",
      "checked_by": "http 200"
    }
  ],
  "structure": {
    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "physics",
        "name": "Physics",
        "description": "Law of reflection.",
        "rationale": "Laws predict reflection.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "law",
            "name": "Law",
            "description": "Angles.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "law-finding",
                "name": "Law",
                "description": "Law of reflection.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What angle will the reflected ray make?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the reflection specular or diffuse?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "tir",
            "name": "Total internal reflection",
            "description": "Critical angle.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tir-finding",
                "name": "Total internal reflection",
                "description": "Total internal reflection.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Will total internal reflection occur here?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What is the critical angle?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "surfaces",
        "name": "Surfaces",
        "description": "Materials.",
        "rationale": "Surfaces decide reflectance.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "reflectance",
            "name": "Reflectance",
            "description": "Values.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "reflectance-finding",
                "name": "Reflectance",
                "description": "Reflectance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the reflectance of this surface?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "At which wavelength?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "coatings",
            "name": "Coatings",
            "description": "Anti-reflection.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "coatings-finding",
                "name": "Coatings",
                "description": "Coatings.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Would an anti-reflective coating help?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How does it work?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "safety",
        "name": "Safety",
        "description": "Glare and lasers.",
        "rationale": "Reflections can harm.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "glare",
            "name": "Glare",
            "description": "Visual comfort.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "glare-finding",
                "name": "Glare",
                "description": "Glare.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is glare creating a safety risk here?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can it be reduced?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "lasers",
            "name": "Lasers",
            "description": "Eye safety.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "lasers-finding",
                "name": "Lasers",
                "description": "Laser reflections.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Could laser reflections reach eyes?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which laser safety rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "acoustics",
        "name": "Acoustics",
        "description": "Sound.",
        "rationale": "Sound reflects too.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "echo",
            "name": "Echo",
            "description": "Rooms.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "echo-finding",
                "name": "Echo",
                "description": "Echoes.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How does sound reflection affect this room?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What is the reverberation time?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "senses",
            "name": "Senses",
            "description": "Disambiguation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "senses-finding",
                "name": "Senses",
                "description": "Other senses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is reflection as careful thought or a mathematical reflection meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should reflection types be separate entries?",
    "How should reflectance data be linked?",
    "How should the thought sense be split off?"
  ],
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    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}