Sentence examples for reflector the from inspiring English sources

As a plane wave reflects off some reflector, the reflector directs the wave fronts formed by the Huygens' wavelets just as a light reflector directs light "rays".

The site of the 82-inch reflector, the second largest telescope in the world at its dedication in 1939, became McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, Texas.

While most reflectors have equatorial mounts similar to refractors, the world's largest reflector, the 10.4-metre (34.1-foot) instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, has an altitude-azimuth mounting.

For the flat reflector the path taken is the shortest of all in the vicinity, while for the reflector that is more strongly curved than the ellipse it is the longest.

The driver's-side mirror has a useful blind-spot reflector, the sliding shade for the sunroof is welcome and the golf-ball-size chrome gearshift knob is quite slick even if it doesn't rival the snick-snick precision of a Mazda Miata.

Without its reflector, the maximum absorber-plate temperature reached 127.7 °C in cold season.

As the coherence of reflectors in the anticline was not good, the reflector of the basement separating the upper crust and sedimentary layers was not identified.

Rotate the oven so the reflector faces the sun.

However, a minor modification, replacing the reflector of the Mirus with a cut-out of the reflector of the Anaconda, led to a significant increase in efficiency.

Looking into the reflector from the front, you can read the voltage & wattage.

Position the reflector under the chin, about chest height or so, and make sure the reflector is reflecting any available light.