"reflector" | Definition and Related Words

reflector

Noun

Device that reflects radiation (synset 104076388)
is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
subtypes:
- mirror - polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- parabolic reflector, paraboloid reflector - a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam
- solar collector, solar dish, solar furnace - a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece (synset 104075713)
"Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"

is a type of: optical telescope - an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources
subtypes:
- cassegrainian telescope, gregorian telescope - a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
- coude system, coude telescope - a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph
- herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector - a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed
- maksutov telescope - reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens
- newtonian reflector, newtonian telescope - reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
- schmidt camera, schmidt telescope - reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
has: parabolic mirror - a parabolic reflector for light radiation

same as: reflecting telescope

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