reflector

• reflecter

reflect +‎ -or

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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:

     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.

6. (cellular automata) A pattern which can change the direction and/or offset of an oncoming spaceship without being destroyed.

• (telescope): refractor

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

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

1. reflective

   Synonym: reflectant

reflector m (plural reflectors)

1. (physics, automotive) reflector

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

• Audio

  (file)

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. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of refletor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

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

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of refletor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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