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Definition of Reflector
1. Noun. Device that reflects radiation.
Specialized synonyms: Mirror, Parabolic Reflector, Paraboloid Reflector, Solar Collector, Solar Dish, Solar Furnace
Derivative terms: Reflect
2. Noun. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Cassegrainian Telescope, Gregorian Telescope, Coude System, Coude Telescope, Herschelian Telescope, Off-axis Reflector, Maksutov Telescope, Newtonian Reflector, Newtonian Telescope, Schmidt Camera, Schmidt Telescope
Generic synonyms: Optical Telescope
Terms within: Parabolic Mirror
Definition of Reflector
1. n. One who, or that which, reflects.
Definition of Reflector
1. Noun. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface. ¹
2. Noun. A reflecting telescope. ¹
3. Noun. A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reflector
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Medical Definition of Reflector
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1. One who, or that which, reflects.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reflector
Literary usage of Reflector
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"A parabolic type of reflector, made of metal with a highly polished silver ...
If a lamp was used without a reflector the light which leaves the lamp ..."
2. Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural Philosophy (1829)
"In the focus of one reflector they placed a ball of iron, two inches in diameter,
heated so as not to appear luminous in the dark, and in the focus of the ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"4) is applied to 1 to determine the size of the reflector. Or, instead ng the
support«, Q, and applying the ring, P, if a ring N" (Fig. ..."
4. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"LETTERS, UNDER ASSUMED SIGNATURES, PUBLISHED IN " THE reflector. ... reflector,—I
was born under the shadow of St. Dunstan's steeple, just where the conflux ..."
5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1895)
"Mr. CROSSLEY makes no conditions to his gift, except that his telescope when set
up at Mount Hamilton shall be called the CROSSLEY reflector, and that the ..."
6. Publications of the Lick Observatory of the University of California by Lick Observatory Trustees (1908)
"THE CROSSLEY reflector OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY/ By JAMES E. KEELER. The Crossley
reflector, at present the largest instrument of its class in America, ..."
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