reflector

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Recent Examples of reflector Linear Fresnel reflectors: Long, thin mirrors that focus sunlight to heat a liquid and power a steam generator. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025 The lander will also deploy a laser reflector array that will help scientists measure the Earth-moon distance. Brett Tingley, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025 The upcycled truck reflector is on the inside of these bags, functioning as a handle for the metal mirror supplied. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Antennas, trusses, and large reflectors would all be developed and assembled on orbit without human intervention. IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2019 See All Example Sentences for reflector
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Noun
  • Volumetric lighting bounces off of halls of mirrors; another space is covered in dozens of fake flowers.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2025
  • This kind of emotional complexity mirrors what so many people experience in real life.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 118 is at a crossroads in the wake of Bobby’s untimely death, and the perfect solution might just be… at the bottom of a wine glass.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 May 2025
  • Another significant factor in the Thunder playing so well in Game 2 was the productivity on the glass.
    Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025

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