reflector

reflect +‎ -or

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈflɛktə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

reflector (plural reflectors)

1. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     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.

• 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

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

1. reflecting

reflector m (plural reflectores)

1. reflector
2. spotlight