reflector
3
7.0
- noun
- /rɪˈflɛktər/
- Specialized
:
telescopio reflector
- This large reflector uses a concave mirror to gather and magnify light from distant galaxies.
- inch reflector
- Cassegrain reflector
- Newtonian reflector
Examples
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In December 1904, Perrine began a planned photographic search with the 36-inch Crossley reflector at Lick.
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Soon George Hale would build 60- and 100-inch reflectors on Mt. Wilson and take a commanding lead in observational astronomy.
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A radio telescope is a parabolic surface reflector antenna that works much like a TV satellite dish.
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We put a solar filter on an 8-inch reflector for sunspot observations during daytime college events.
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Hale was looking for future staff members, for the 100-inch reflector was nearing completion on Mount Wilson.
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Measuring 100 by 110 meters, the telescope's oval reflector dish has two acres of surface area.
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The photo was made by members of "The Astroclub" in Irkutsk, Siberia, using a 0.25 meter reflector they constructed.
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The BRT is a 46-cm Newtonian reflector, sitting untended in a moor some fifteen kilometers from the university.
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The 65-centimeter (24-inch) Newtonian-Cassegrain reflector and photoelectric photometer they installed in the early 1980s were professional-level equipment.
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Chandra's four nested hyperboloid-paraboloid reflectors provide an unprecedented imaging angular resolution of better than 1 arcsecond (see the image above).
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
440
3.3
A tool with lenses or mirrors that makes far things look closer
54
6.6
An optical device like a telescope or rifle sight that makes distant things look closer
2
3.8
A machine with lenses or mirrors that gathers and focuses visible light to see distant stars and planets
1
5.5
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to gather and focus light for looking
1
8.8
A simple mirror telescope with a base that moves easily, used by amateur astronomers
1
5.7
An instrument for looking at distant stars, planets, and galaxies
1
8.3
A telescope that uses a mirror and a side eyepiece to view images
1
4.1
A device with lenses or mirrors that helps you see things clearly
A telescope that uses two curved mirrors to focus light
A reflecting telescope that uses two mirrors to send light back through an opening in the main mirror
A telescope that uses two curved mirrors to focus light back through a hole in the main mirror
A telescope with a mirror and a special curved glass that takes clear photos of wide areas of the sky
A telescope with a curved mirror and thin glass plate that takes clear wide pictures of the sky
A small telescope that uses a curved lens and mirror to make sharp images
A telescope with a main mirror tilted to send the image to the side without a secondary mirror
A telescope with a tilted main mirror that sends the image to the side to avoid mirror blocking light
A telescope with mirrors that sends light to a fixed point for a camera or an instrument that measures light
A telescope for taking pictures of the night sky
A telescope with a camera that takes pictures of the Sun
Compounds
- Specialized
1
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 Powerful
- Specialized
3
7.0
- Specialized
2
3.8
- Specialized
2
7.0
5
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reflector comes from re- 'back' and flect 'to bend', like in flex. A reflector telescope 'bends back' light with a big mirror to form and focus an image you can see through an eyepiece.