reflector

Meaning

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.
6. Something that is reflective (indicative) of something else.
7. A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.

Synonyms

mirror

🪞

reflecting mirror

reflecting telescope

speculum

looking glass

glass

illuminator

lens

looking

parasite

prism

reverberation

reverberator

spotlight

hand-mirror

iluminator

repeller

reactor reflector

seismic reflector

seismic horizon

baffle board

retroreflector

mirror telescope

reflection horizon

reflecting layer

reflective coating

reflecting curtain

optical reflector

reflecting shade

reflective mirror

reflector glass

white object

white body

reflecting body

beam reflector

specular layer

reflector plate

refectoscope

baffle

catoptron speculum

dasher

deflector

dish

headlamp

horizon

Translations

réflecteur

Reflektor

riflettore

reflector

reflektör

aynalı teleskop

yansıtaç

عاكس

ayna

🪞

especho

hêlî

Spiegel

🪞

catadioptre

reflector

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From reflect + -or.