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light trap

noun

  1. any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

"So instead of bouncing the light back out, they scatter it back into the layer - it's a light trap."

From BBC

Alice Chou, a PhD student who worked with Lin at the same institution, was supposed to be helping, but, “As soon as I saw the glow of light trap illuminate his silhouette from the water, I ran back to the cabins to grab my camera,” she explains.

From Nature

“Light Trap for Henry Moore, No. 1,” from 1967.

By further focusing the beam with a lens, he developed a “light trap” that could suspend a small spherical object at its center.

By further focusing the beam with a lens, he developed a “light trap” that could hold a small spherical object in place.

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