reflection : Idioms & Phrases

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Angle of reflection

  • noun the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence
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  • the angle which anything, as a ray of light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the perpendicular to the surface.
Webster 1913

Angle of total reflection

  • . (Opt.) Same as Critical angle, under Critical.
Webster 1913

coefficient of reflection

  • noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
    reflectance; coefficient of reflection; reflectivity.
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For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction

  • see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
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Plane of refraction ∨ reflection

  • (Opt.), the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray.
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reflection factor

  • noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
    reflectance; coefficient of reflection; reflectivity.
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sound reflection

  • noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
    replication; reverberation; echo.
    • she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
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space-reflection symmetry

  • noun (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
    parity; mirror symmetry; conservation of parity.
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