The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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But parabolic mirrors are much more expensive to make than spherical mirrors.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Thus, parabolic mirrors are featured in many low-cost, energy efficient solar products, such as solar cookers, solar heaters, and even travel-sized fire starters.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
A 75m line of motorised parabolic mirrors that follow the sun all day focuses its heat on a pipe containing a sealed-in supply of oil.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2012
This compares with a maximum of 28% by standard silicon-based solar cells that have not had the incident light concentrated by parabolic mirrors, and 31% by those that have—a significant enhancement.
From Economist ● Dec. 28, 2011
Mangin, was a clever means of overcoming difficulties, practically insurmountable, that were inseparable from the construction of parabolic mirrors; this contributed chiefly to the success of MM.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various
