reflector

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English

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Etymology

reflect +‎ -or

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

reflector (plural reflectors)

  1. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
  2. A reflecting telescope.
  3. A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.
  4. A safety reflector.
  5. One who reflects on something; one who thinks or considers at length.
    • 1993, Robert W. Terry, Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action, page 48:
      Most reflectors on leadership are comfortable thinking of "ethical" and "unethical" as modifiers of leadership.
    • 2017, Joke van Velzen, Metacognitive Knowledge, page 154:
      Nonreflectors simply thought through that which they already knew, reflectors evaluated experiences by interpreting these experiences, and critical reflectors re-evaluated their presuppositions to correct distortions in reasoning and attitudes.
  6. Something that is reflective (indicative) of something else.
    • 1982 August 28, Rob Kaplan, “Gaps in the Glass”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 8:
      The biography is an enormously powerful reflector of mainstream values: it is a statement that this person is someone, or did something, worth writing about. Similarly, because the biographer has access to myriads of details about her or his subject, what gets full exposure and what gets swept under the carpet can be more indicative of the biographer's values (and the society that instilled them) than of the actual subject's life.
  7. (cellular automata) A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.

Derived terms

Translations

reflecting telescope — see reflecting telescope
safety reflector — see safety reflector

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectors, feminine plural reflectores)

  1. reflective
    Synonym: reflectant

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectors)

  1. (physics, automotive) reflector

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectors or reflectoren, diminutive reflectortje n)

  1. reflector (reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle; chiefly a bicycle)

Latin

Verb

reflector

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of reflectō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: re‧flec‧tor

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectores)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of refletor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of refletor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réflecteur.

Noun

reflector n (plural reflectoare)

  1. reflector

Declension

Declension of reflector
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) reflector reflectorul (niște) reflectoare reflectoarele
genitive/dative (unui) reflector reflectorului (unor) reflectoare reflectoarelor
vocative reflectorule reflectoarelor

Spanish

Adjective

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

  1. reflecting

Noun

reflector m (plural reflectores)

  1. reflector
  2. spotlight
    • 2015 July 7, “Violencia contra periodistas en México: de norte a sur”, in El País‎:
      Hace cinco años los reflectores de la violencia contra periodistas estaban en otro lado, en los estados del norte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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