reflector
Americannoun
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reflectors
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a person or thing that reflects.
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a body, surface, or device that reflects light, heat, sound, or the like.
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telescope1
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a substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to prevent the escape of neutrons from the core of a nuclear reactor.
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a person or thing that reflects
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a surface or object that reflects light, sound, heat, etc
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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
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another name for reflecting telescope
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part of an aerial placed so as to increase the forward radiation of the radiator and decrease the backward radiation
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As night fell on Tucson, a man in a reflector jacket parked his truck on the same hill where Williams held court, and deployed a tripod.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
These waves travel forward, strike a reflector, and then move backward, much like light reflecting between mirrors in a laser.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2026
Consider fitting reflector panels to those on external walls.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Israel wears Wavey zig-zag top, bejeweled beanie, acid cargo pants, chrome fanny pack, Planeta neon mesh shorts, Tuzza custom reflector earring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
The lamp with the tin reflector hung over the table.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Not only do they produce precipitation and provide shade from the sun, they also act as large reflectors that prevent the radiation of heat from the Earth -- commonly known as the greenhouse effect.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
Well, yeah, he was orange, but he walked around with one of those silver reflectors all the time, right until he was old.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2023
It collects the light off of 70,000 reflectors to boil salt to run an electricity-generating turbine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
After the October attack, Moscow stepped up countermeasures to defend the structure, deploying a ship with an array of radar reflectors to protect the bridge.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
There was Midland with its improbably tall buildings, glassy and shimmering in the sun like misplaced tanning reflectors.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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