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spherical mirror
(redirected from Curved mirror)

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spherical mirror [′sfir·ə·kəl ′mir·ər]
(optics)
A mirror, either convex or concave, whose surface forms part of a sphere.


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Sunglasses Hey, check out this guy in his wraparound shades, frames shiny as a dime, lenses like curved mirrors.
The curvature of the film focuses the sound waves in the same way that curved mirrors are used in telescopes to focus light from distant stars.
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