"by reflection of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when describing a process or action that occurs as a result of reflecting on something. For example: "By reflection of her past mistakes, she was able to make positive changes in her life." In this sentence, "by reflection of" indicates that the subject was able to learn and grow from thinking about her past actions. Another example: "The beauty of the mountains was enhanced by reflection of the sun's rays on the lake below." Here, "by reflection of" shows how the sun's rays bouncing off the lake made the mountains even more beautiful.
Conventional in-space photonic propulsion systems like solar sails or solar photon thrusters operate by reflection of EM waves.
As I walked into work today I was hit by reflection of all the patients who have left their mark – the ones that didn't make it.
And Mr. Wheeldon is a choreographer who appears to live to stretch, working his way unassumingly from one to another meditation on the arts of dance and, by reflection, of life.
This time, instead of being caused by a reflection on the camera's lens, the corona is caused by reflection of the light from the camera's flash acrossed a "funhouse" style mirror.
The golden-green appearance of the moss is caused by reflection of light from chlorophyll grains in lens-shaped cells of the protonema the filamentous structure that grows from the germinating spore and eventually produces the sexual plant (gametophyte).
It is caused by reflection of the incident radiation from the surfaces of the particles, reflection from the interior walls of the particles, and refraction and diffraction of the radiation as it passes through the particles.
That illusion is created by "reflections of ice in the high, thin air.
Errors were also caused by reflections of the broadcast signals by buildings and other structures in the vicinity of the receiving antenna.
The main living area is white, animated by Mr. Nemkoff's checkered linoleum tiles and by reflections of the colors in the bedroom and kitchen, coaxed across the floor by skylights.
"Spieglein," another premiere by Mr. Magloire, a solo for Victoria North to a Handel violin sonata, was rather too stagey in its evocation of a woman surrounded by reflections of herself.
Distant, strange flashes filmed in 2016 during the earthquake in Peru, also more probably are caused by reflections of ground-based explosions.
