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A polished surface that bends or throws back waves of light sound, or heat; a mirror.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Do you have reflectors on your bicycle?
  • I hope this season to commence a series of observations with the twenty-foot reflector, which is now in fine order.
  • - The mirror is a one-dimensional parabolic reflector which is easy to manufacture.
  • The "reflector" is not cheating, anything in shadow is only seen because there is always some background reflection, so it's just a question of how much.
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