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1885 Cent. Mag. Apr. 838 The biscuits were baked in the tin reflector oven.

1902 Windsor Mag. May 720/2 The reflector system being impracticable for long-distance work, Mr. Marconi experimented with tuning.

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. ii. 22 He had out a reflector lantern and a globe.

1932 Proc. IRE 20 1033 A V antenna system in which both antenna and reflector units each consisted of 2 V wires one above the other.

1936 R. S. Glasgow Princ. Radio Engin. xiv. 456 A system composed of a single antenna and a single reflector wire a quarter wave length behind it.

1940 Proc. Zool. Soc. A. 110 19 Throughout the epithelial tissues of the animal, lying below the chromatophores, is a layer of immobile reflector cells, the iridocytes.

1948 Times 4 Dec. 3/2 Drivers of vehicles..had reason to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Transport..to dispense with ‘cat's eye’ reflector studs in roads provided with street lighting.

1954 A. W. Judge Automobile Electr. Maintenance (ed. 3) viii. 209 These consist of a lens, bulb, and reflector unit built into one water- and dust-proof pre-focused unit.

1969 E. P. Anderson Home Appliance Servicing (ed. 2) xi. 152 The reflector bowl radiates heat in a cone-shape wide beam.

1970 R. Freeth Lighting iv. 32/2 If you want to be really ‘Ritzy’ install a filament reflector bulb as well over the cooker and sink.

1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 30 Behind the lenses of the reflector sunglasses, tears were welling up in the corners of my eyes.

1989 R. Banks Affliction xxi. 299 It had seemed logical..to..ride around all day in one of those cruisers wearing reflector shades.

1992 Pilot July 53/2 Luckless pilots can claim unsightly forehead scars came from their reflector gunsights after a prang in the war.