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PARABOLOID REFLECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paraboloid reflector mean? 

PARABOLOID REFLECTOR (noun)
  The noun PARABOLOID REFLECTOR has 1 sense:

1. a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beamplay

  Familiarity information: PARABOLOID REFLECTOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARABOLOID REFLECTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

parabolic reflector; paraboloid reflector

Hypernyms ("paraboloid reflector" is a kind of...):

reflector (device that reflects radiation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraboloid reflector"):

parabolic mirror (a parabolic reflector for light radiation)


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