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单词 reflector
释义

reflector

[ ri-flek-ter ]
/ rɪˈflɛk tər /
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noun

a person or thing that reflects.
a body, surface, or device that reflects light, heat, sound, or the like.
See under telescope (def. 1).
a substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to prevent the escape of neutrons from the core of a nuclear reactor.

Origin of reflector

First recorded in 1655–65; reflect + -or2

OTHER WORDS FROM reflector

non·re·flec·tor, noun

Words nearby reflector

reflection plane, reflective, reflectivity, reflectometer, reflect on, reflector, reflectorize, reflet, reflex, reflex angle, reflex arc
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British Dictionary definitions for reflector

reflector
/ (rɪˈflɛktə) /

noun

a person or thing that reflects
a surface or object that reflects light, sound, heat, etc
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
another name for reflecting telescope
part of an aerial placed so as to increase the forward radiation of the radiator and decrease the backward radiation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for reflector

reflector
[ rĭ-flĕktər ]

n.

A surface that reflects light, heat, or sound.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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