Definition of Nonreflecting

1. Adjective. Not capable of physical reflection.

Exact synonyms: Nonreflective
Similar to: Echoless
Antonyms: Reflective

Definition of Nonreflecting

1. Adjective. Not reflecting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonreflecting

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonreflecting

nonreductionist
nonreductionistic
nonreductionists
nonredundancy
nonredundant
nonreduplicative
nonreefal
nonrefereed
nonreference
nonreferenced
nonreferent
nonreferential
nonreferentially
nonreferents
nonrefillable
nonreflecting (current term)
nonreflective
nonreflex
nonreflexive
nonreform
nonreformable
nonreformed
nonreforming
nonrefracting
nonrefractive
nonrefractive accommodative esotropia
nonrefractory
nonrefreshing
nonrefrigerated
nonrefugee

Literary usage of Nonreflecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"He and a thesis student, Lawrence N. Hadley, employed evaporated layers of transparent materials to create nonreflecting surfaces and band-pass filters for ..."

2. American Journal of Education by William Russell (1829)
"... it reflects back most of the rays, which would otherwise be lost upon the nonreflecting wall; and thus it increases the effect of the light. ..."

3. American Annals of Education (1829)
"... in this case if a polished surface be placed behind the flame, it reflects back most of the rays, which would otherwise be lost upon the nonreflecting ..."

4. The Measurement of High Temperatures by George Kimball Burgess, Henri Le Chatelier (1912)
"The emissive power and the diffusive power (in the case of an opaque and nonreflecting body) vary always inversely, resting complementary to each other. ..."

5. The Art of Illumination by Louis Bell (1912)
"... if the walls are nonreflecting, simply on the amount of light received from the radiant, in accordance with the law of inverse squares. ..."

6. High-temperature Measurements by Henri Le Chatelier, Octave Boudouard (1912)
"The emissive power and the diffusive power (in the case of an opaque and nonreflecting body) vary always inversely, resting complementary to each other. ..."

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