Reflector may refer to:

Science

* Reflector, a device that causes

reflection Reflection or reflexion may refer to: Science and technology * Reflection (physics), a common wave phenomenon ** Specular reflection, reflection from a smooth surface *** Mirror image, a reflection in a mirror or in water ** Signal reflection, in s ...

(for example, a

mirror A mirror or looking glass is an object that Reflection (physics), reflects an image. Light that bounces off a mirror will show an image of whatever is in front of it, when focused through the lens of the eye or a camera. Mirrors reverse the ...

or a

retroreflector A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects radiation (usually light) back to its source with minimum scattering. This works at a wide range of angle of incidence, unlike a planar mirror, ...

) *

Reflector (photography) In photography and cinematography, a reflector is an improvised or specialised reflective surface used to redirect light towards a given subject or scene. Types Apart from certain highly specialized components found in enlargers, projectors and ...

, used to control lighting contrast *

Reflecting telescope A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image. The reflecting telescope was invented in the 17th century by Isaac Newton as an alternati ...

Reflector (antenna) An antenna reflector is a device that reflects electromagnetic waves. Antenna reflectors can exist as a standalone device for redirecting radio frequency (RF) energy, or can be integrated as part of an antenna assembly. Standalone reflectors ...

, the part of an antenna that reflects radio waves *

Reflector (cipher machine) A reflector, in cryptology, is a component of some rotor cipher machines, such as the Enigma machine, that sends electrical impulses that have reached it from the machine's rotors, back in reverse order through those rotors. The reflector simplif ...

, a component of some rotor machines in cryptography *

Reflector (microsatellite) Reflector (USA-163) is a space debris research microsatellite built in Russia by NII KP for the United States Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland AFB. There was some confusion about whether or not the USA-163 designation had actually ever been assi ...

, space debris research microsatellite * ''Reflector'', the newsletter of the Boston section of the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

* Reflector, in math, the left adjoint in a

reflective subcategory In mathematics, a full subcategory ''A'' of a category ''B'' is said to be reflective in ''B'' when the inclusion functor from ''A'' to ''B'' has a left adjoint. This adjoint is sometimes called a ''reflector'', or ''localization''. Dually, ''A ...

Neutron reflector A neutron reflector is any material that reflects neutrons. This refers to elastic scattering rather than to a specular reflection. The material may be graphite, beryllium, steel, tungsten carbide, gold, or other materials. A neutron reflector ...

, in physics

Computing

.NET Reflector .NET Reflector is a class browser, decompiler and static analyzer for software created with .NET Framework, originally written by Lutz Roeder. MSDN Magazine named it as one of the Ten Must-Have utilities for developers, and Scott Hanselman li ...

, code browser utility * Reflector, in an

electronic mailing list A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is re ...

, a single email address that reflects (sends/remails) a copy of an email sent to it to other email addresses *

Reflector router In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connect ...

, used in a distributed reflected denial of service attack (DRDoS) *

Reflector (cellular automaton) In cellular automata such as Conway's Game of Life, a reflector is a pattern that can interact with a spaceship to change its direction of motion, without damage to the reflector pattern. In Life, many oscillators can reflect the glider Glider ...

, a type of pattern * Reflector, conferencing system used in the

Internet Radio Linking Project The Internet Radio Linking Project, also called IRLP links amateur radio stations around the world by using Voice over IP (VoIP). Each gateway consists of a dedicated computer running custom software that is connected to both a radio and the Inter ...

Music

* ''Reflector'' (Pablo Cruise album), a 1981 album by Pablo Cruise * ''Reflector'' (Killing Heidi album), a 2000 album by Killing Heidi * ''Reflector'' (PlanetShakers album), a 2002 album by PlanetShakers *

Reflector (band) Reflector (反光鏡楽隊) is a rock band that formed in Beijing in 1997. According to the band's official English language website, Reflector has been featured on CNN and in ''Newsweek'' magazine. Reflector lists among its English language musi ...

, a rock band based in Beijing

Other uses

Reflector (Transformers) ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

, a fictional character in the ''Transformers'' toyline of the 1980s *

The Reflector (disambiguation) The Reflector may refer to: *''The Daily Reflector'', a daily newspaper in Greenville, North Carolina *''The Reflector'' (Indiana newspaper), the student newspaper at the University of Indianapolis * ''The Reflector'' (Mississippi newspaper), the s ...

, several newspapers * ''

The Daily Reflector ''The Daily Reflector'' is a daily newspaper that serves Pitt County and eastern North Carolina. It is headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina. History The paper was originally titled "The Eastern Reflector", and was founded in 1882 by David ...

'', an eastern North Carolina-based newspaper *

Safety reflector A safety reflector is a retroreflector intended for pedestrians, runners, motorized and non-motorized vehicles. A safety reflector is similar to reflective stripes that can be found on safety vests and clothing worn by road workers and rescue ...

, a retroreflector intended for pedestrians or vehicles

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