reflector
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4.1
- noun
- /rɪˈflɛktər/
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reflector
- The photographer adjusted the reflector to bounce light onto the subject's face.
- reflector of light
- red reflector
- corner reflector
You've got to use light from this reflector to actually do the fusion in the final stage.
- You've got to use light from this reflector to actually do the fusion in the final stage.
- Some people say that it could be some super secret or radar reflector.
- All right, so this is the giant reflector that we made just using a piece of scrap cardboard and some white spray paint we had on hand.
- I like how there isn't a base pigment at all so it's just a reflector so when the light hits your face it just amps up the glow in the most beautiful way.
- So, so then they had some of these other ideas for, for how to, how to do it, including the, yeah, the trapeze reflectors and stuff.
Examples
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The door's surface is a beautiful reflector of light, and that is important in the photograph.
Academic text (1994) -
The main and fill lights were in 16-inch reflectors, and the hair and background lights were in 5-inch reflectors.
Academic text (1994) -
A white card reflector is on the side of the animal opposite the main light.
Academic text (2005) -
Snow is a very efficient reflector of the bright blue sky.
Academic text (2001) -
Use fill flash or a reflector placed near the camera.
Academic text (2004) -
And so a grow light reflector is more or less essential when it comes to growing indoors.
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You need a contrast between the laser reflectors and the background.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now when when it gets dark here and we want to make ourselves easily seen, perhaps on our bicycles, we put reflectors on the back.
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Gold, silver, and white collapsible round reflectors are often employed.
Academic text (2000) -
Aluminum foil reflectors are placed between the strip fixtures and the black light tubes.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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8.0
A device that sends light back to its source
A curved surface shaped like a bowl that focuses light or sound into a beam
A curved dish that sends out a parallel beam or focuses parallel light and radio waves
Compounds
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8.3
A telescope that uses a mirror and a side eyepiece to view images
- Specialized
A telescope with a tilted main mirror that sends the image to the side to avoid mirror blocking light
- Specialized
A curved surface shaped like a bowl that focuses light or sound into a beam
- Specialized
A curved dish that sends out a parallel beam or focuses parallel light and radio waves
How Even
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6.2
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7.5
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4.1
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reflector comes from re- 'back' and flect 'to bend', like in flex. A reflector is something that 'bends back' light or heat, so it can be sent or pointed where you want.