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reflector
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reflector
n.
person or thing which reflects; telescope that uses concave mirrors to focus; material used to inhibit the escape of neutrons from the core of a reactor (Physics)
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Reflector
Reflector may refer to:
Science
- Reflector, a device that causes reflection (for example, a mirror or a retroreflector)
- Reflector (photography), used to control lighting contrast
- Reflecting telescope
- Reflector (antenna), the part of an antenna that reflects radio waves
- Reflector (cipher machine), a component of some rotor machines in cryptography
- Reflector (microsatellite), space debris research microsatellite
- Reflector, the newsletter of the Boston section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Reflector, in math, the left adjoint in a reflective subcategory
- Neutron reflector, in physics
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reflector
Noun
1. device that reflects radiation
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) mirror
(derivation) reflect, reverberate
2. 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"
(synonym) reflecting telescope
(hypernym) optical telescope
(hyponym) Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope
(part-meronym) parabolic mirror
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reflector
nm.
reflector; searchlight; baffler
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reflector (de)
n.
reflector, headlight
