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reflector

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reflector: see telescope telescope, traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of it. Traditional optical telescopes, which are the subject of this article, also are used to magnify objects on earth and in astronomy;
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According to the calculations of the Observatory of Cambridge, the tube of the new reflector would require to be 280 feet in length, and the object-glass sixteen feet in diameter.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Another lamp with a reflector was hanging on the wall, lighting up a big full-length portrait of a woman, which Levin could not help looking at.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There was another lamp there with a reflector which quite lit up the several objects in it,--three chairs and some pictures hanging on the wall.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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