Sentence examples for reflected instead of from inspiring English sources

The same is true with transmission through a clear material like glass: in this case, a little bit of the light impinging on the glass is actually reflected instead of transmitted (we've all seen faint reflections against a glass window; that's a manifestation of this effect).

In this case the rejected colours are reflected instead of being absorbed.

In even the most efficient solar panels, some light will be reflected instead of being absorbed to produce energy.

"The greater the amount of light reflected instead of absorbed, the more lustrous the stone," Scott writes.

The analysts assessed the weights by referring to the range of performance the scales reflected instead of to abstract notions of importance.

Just like our frustrated player, executives need to deliberately pause and reflect instead of continuously try to tackle each and every ball tossed at them.

The letter encourages President Obama to name a new head of the D.E.A. who will better reflect (instead of fighting against) the administration's new policies on marijuana enforcement.

If the situation is reversed, photons would primarily reflect, instead of refract, through the particle, and the particle would exhibit a repulsive force.

But Judge Leventhal said he thought that the class composition of his courtroom reflected instead an under-reporting of domestic violence by more affluent people.

These clusters do not generally correspond to geographic proximity, but reflect instead commonalities of economic choices and historical paths.

The lack of progress in reducing time spent at work in modern capitalist economies reflects instead the influence of ideology as well as of power.