Definition of "reflector" [re•flect•or]

• Something, such as a surface, that reflects. (noun)
• A reflecting telescope. (noun)

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• "Douglas - not 'reflector' - greenhouse gases absorb photons, their energy (vibration, rotation, speed) increases; they transfer energy by collisions, and they emit photons."
• "I hope this season to commence a series of observations with the twenty-foot reflector, which is now in fine order."
• "Gifted with the sort of mind which we must call a reflector, he appropriated the sallies of others, the wit of the stage and the petits journaux, by his method of repeating them, and applied them as formulas of criticism."