retrodirective mirror

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retrodirective mirror [¦re·tro·di′rek·tiv ′mir·ər]

(optics)

An optical system consisting of two mutually perpendicular plane mirrors; it reflects any beam of light which lies in a plane perpendicular to the mirrors into a direction antiparallel to its original direction.

An optical system consisting of three mutually perpendicular plane mirrors; it reflects any beam of light into a direction antiparallel to its original direction.

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