reflector

Reflector (French reflecteur ; from Latin reflectere ) stands for:

a light reflecting surface, see mirror
a surface shape that deflects incident waves back in the direction of incidence, see retroreflection
a combination of a lens and a reflective surface, see cat's eye
one type of optical telescope, see reflecting telescope
in photography a reflective flat screen, see light shaper
In traffic engineering, objects that reflect headlights particularly strongly, see reflector
In radar technology, a surface that is particularly clearly visible in the radar image, see radar reflector
in microwave technology the negatively charged electrode in a reflex klystron
in nuclear technology a covering that slows down and reflects neutrons , see neutron reflector

in cryptology a component that returns a signal, see reflector (cryptology)

In acoustics, a component that reflects sound waves, see diffuser

a narrative figure, see reflector (literature)

a special functor in the mathematical field of category theory, see reflector (category theory)

an album by the band Arcade Fire, see Reflektor (album)

a virtual conference room in digital radio, see digital mobile radio

a literary group around the Polish literary magazine of the same name (1923-25), see Reflektor (magazine)

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Wiktionary: Reflektor - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations