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re·flec·tor

(rĭ-flĕk′tər)

1. Something, such as a surface, that reflects.

2. A reflecting telescope.

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reflector

(rɪˈflɛktə)

1. a person or thing that reflects

2. a surface or object that reflects light, sound, heat, etc

3. (Automotive Engineering) a small translucent red disc, strip, etc, with a reflecting backing on the rear of a road vehicle, which reflects the light of the headlights of a following vehicle

4. (Astronomy) another name for reflecting telescope

5. (Electrical Engineering) part of an aerial placed so as to increase the forward radiation of the radiator and decrease the backward radiation

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re•flec•tor

(rɪˈflɛk tər)

n.

1. a person or thing that reflects.

2. a body, surface, or device that reflects light, heat, sound, or the like.

3. reflecting telescope.

[1655–65]

reflector

A telescope that has a concave mirror to focus light back to an eyepiece. Isaac Newton built the first one in about 1668.

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Noun	1.	reflector - device that reflects radiation device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" mirror - polished surface that forms images by reflecting light parabolic reflector, paraboloid reflector - a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam solar collector, solar dish, solar furnace - a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
	2.	reflector - 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" reflecting telescope Cassegrainian telescope, Gregorian telescope - a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror coude system, coude telescope - a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector - a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed Maksutov telescope - reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens Newtonian reflector, Newtonian telescope - reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis optical telescope - an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources parabolic mirror - a parabolic reflector for light radiation Schmidt camera, Schmidt telescope - reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed

Translations

عاكِس

reflektor

refleks

Reflektor

réflecteur

visszaverõ

endurvarps-/spegilflötur

riflettore pannello riflettente

kattøye reflektor

reflektöryansıtıcı

反射器

reflector

[rɪˈflektəʳ] N

1. (Aut) (also rear reflector) → reflector m inv

2. (= telescope) → reflector m

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reflector

[rɪˈflɛktə^r] n (on bicycle, car, post) → réflecteur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reflector

n (on car, cycle) → Rückstrahler m; (= telescope) → Reflektor m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

reflector

[rɪˈflɛktəʳ] n (Aut) (also rear reflector) → catarifrangente m

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reflect

(rəˈflekt) verb

1. to send back (light, heat etc). The white sand reflected the sun's heat.

2. (of a mirror etc) to give an image of. She was reflected in the mirror/water.

3. to think carefully. Give him a minute to reflect (on what he should do).

reˈflecting adjective

able to reflect (light etc). a reflecting surface.

reflection, reflexion (rəˈflekʃən) noun

She looked at her reflection in the water; After reflection I felt I had made the wrong decision; The book is called `Reflections of a Politician'.

reˈflective (-tiv) adjective

1. thoughtful. a reflective mood.

2. reflecting. Reflective number-plates.

reˈflectively adverb

reˈflector noun

something, especially of glass or metal, that reflects light, heat etc.

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According to the calculations of the Observatory of Cambridge, the tube of the new reflector would require to be 280 feet in length, and the object-glass sixteen feet in diameter.

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Maston and Belfast announced that the projectile had just been seen in the gigantic reflector of Long's Peak, and also that it was held by lunar attraction, and was playing the part of under satellite to the lunar world.

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Another lamp with a reflector was hanging on the wall, lighting up a big full-length portrait of a woman, which Levin could not help looking at.

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"The gallery into which I went was well lit by a lamp with a reflector. I felt a keen current of air and, on turning, found the window open, at the extreme end of the gallery, which I call the

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As the looking-glass was only large enough to reflect a very small portion of Tess's person at one time, Mrs Durbeyfield hung a black cloak outside the casement, and so made a large reflector of the panes, as it is the wont of bedecking cottagers to do.

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"Behind the steersman's cage is placed a powerful electric reflector, the rays from which light up the sea for half a mile in front."

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Considered as a reflector, it is potent in producing a monstrous and odious uniformity: and the evil is here aggravated, not in merely direct proportion with the augmentation of its sources, but in a ratio constantly increasing.

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How the talk got that way I canna think; but he had out a reflector lantern and a globe, and made it all clear in a minute.

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The lamp had a tin reflector, brown with rust and covered with dust.

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'Ay,' rejoined the actor, contemplating the effect of his face in a lamp reflector, 'but that involves the whole question, you know.'

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"This fellow Worth has got hold of some system of concentric lenses, with extraordinary reflectors which enable him to see distinctly at least thirty feet under water.

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So that I hope I may with justice pronounce myself an author perfectly blameless; against whom the tribes of Answerers, Considerers, Observers, Reflectors, Detectors, Remarkers, will never be able to find matter for exercising their talents.