half-silvered

British  

adjective

1. (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors

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Example Sentences

For instance, if you shoot a photon at a half-silvered mirror, it might pass through, or it might reflect off, and there's no way you can tell what it will do.

From Scientific American

In the standard setup a half-silvered mirror steers a photon to either the left or the right fiber.

From Scientific American

Maiman's laser was simply a cylinder of artificial ruby about the size of a cigarette filter, half-silvered on both ends and nested in the spiral of a high-intensity flashbulb, all contained in an aluminium can no bigger than a flashlight battery.

From Nature

When a particle of light strikes a half-silvered mirror, it either reflects off it or passes through; the outcome is open until the moment it occurs.

From Scientific American

Before reaching the ball, the photon encounters a half-silvered mirror, which reflects half of the light that strikes it and allows the other half to pass through.

From Scientific American