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单词 retroreflector
释义

Definition of retroreflector in English:

retroreflector

noun ˈrɛtrəʊrɪˌflɛktəˌretrōrəˈflektər
  • A device which reflects light back along the incident path, irrespective of the angle of incidence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the 4 ½ hour spacewalk, ISS commander Gennady Padalka and ISS Flight Engineer Mike Fincke removed old laser retroreflectors and installed new ones together with a videometer target assembly.
    • After collimation, the central part of the measurement beam travels to the target retroreflector through an annular mirror that returns the outer annulus of the beam, which acts as the reference.
    • Ringed by footprints, sitting in the moondust, lies a 2-foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors pointing at Earth: the ‘lunar laser ranging retroreflector array.’
    • The corner-cube retroreflectors can be molded in the mouse, or micro-corner-cube retroreflective sheeting can be die cut and attached.
    • Taking advantage of the fact that license plates are retroreflectors, Coulter applied quarter-wave plates designed for 820-nm operation to the license-plate surface.

Derivatives

  • retroreflective

  • adjective
    • A digital camera takes a series of photos of the retroreflective targets from different angles and different rotations, with an additional photograph taken from the digital video camera installed in the vehicle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Self-illuminated pavement markers offer certain advantages over conventional retroreflective markers, the most obvious being their visibility.
      • Workers should wear clothing with retroreflective material.
      • Reflexite makes retroreflective materials for use in work-zone signing and on garments, drums, cones, and other equipment.
      • The retroreflective material of the coat acts as a screen and gives a transparent - or invisible - effect.
 
 

Definition of retroreflector in US English:

retroreflector

nounˌretrōrəˈflektər
  • A device which reflects light back along the incident path, irrespective of the angle of incidence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The corner-cube retroreflectors can be molded in the mouse, or micro-corner-cube retroreflective sheeting can be die cut and attached.
    • After collimation, the central part of the measurement beam travels to the target retroreflector through an annular mirror that returns the outer annulus of the beam, which acts as the reference.
    • During the 4 ½ hour spacewalk, ISS commander Gennady Padalka and ISS Flight Engineer Mike Fincke removed old laser retroreflectors and installed new ones together with a videometer target assembly.
    • Ringed by footprints, sitting in the moondust, lies a 2-foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors pointing at Earth: the ‘lunar laser ranging retroreflector array.’
    • Taking advantage of the fact that license plates are retroreflectors, Coulter applied quarter-wave plates designed for 820-nm operation to the license-plate surface.
 
 
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