reflector

• reflecter

reflect +‎ -or

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

reflector (plural reflectors)

1. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.

2. A reflecting telescope.
3. A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.
4. A safety reflector.
5. One who reflects on something; one who thinks or considers at length.
   • 1993, Robert W. Terry, Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action (page 48)

     Most reflectors on leadership are comfortable thinking of "ethical" and "unethical" as modifiers of leadership.

   • 2017, Joke van Velzen, Metacognitive Knowledge (page 154)

     Nonreflectors simply thought through that which they already knew, reflectors evaluated experiences by interpreting these experiences, and critical reflectors re-evaluated their presuppositions to correct distortions in reasoning and attitudes.

• retroreflector
• subreflector

• (telescope): refractor

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rə.fləkˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.flekˈtoɾ/

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectors, feminine plural reflectores)

1. reflective

• reflectant

• “reflector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reflector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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reflector m (plural reflectors or reflectoren, diminutive reflectortje n)

1. reflector (reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle; chiefly a bicycle)

reflector

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of reflectō

• Hyphenation: re‧flec‧tor

reflector m (plural reflectores)

1. Superseded spelling of refletor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

1. Superseded spelling of refletor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

From French réflecteur.

reflector n (plural reflectoare)

1. reflector

reflector (feminine reflectora, masculine plural reflectores, feminine plural reflectoras)

1. reflecting

reflector m (plural reflectores)

1. reflector
2. spotlight
   • 2015 July 7, “Violencia contra periodistas en México: de norte a sur”, in El País‎:

     Hace cinco años los reflectores de la violencia contra periodistas estaban en otro lado, en los estados del norte.

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• “reflector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014