flat mirror

collocation in English

meaningsofflatandmirror

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flat
adjective
uk
/flæt/us
/flæt/
level and smooth, with no curved, high, or ...
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mirror
noun
uk
/ˈmɪr.ər/us
/ˈmɪr.ɚ/
a piece of glass with a shiny, metal-covered back that reflects light, producing an image of whatever is in front ...
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(Definition offlatandmirrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflat mirror

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For flat mirrors, the law of reflection implies that images of objects are upright and the same distance behind the mirror as the objects are in front of the mirror.
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To further increase the amount of light, aflatmirrorwas placed on the platform directly underneath the test section.
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A normal incidence spherical mirror and a 458flatmirrorcontrolled by a stepper motor are used to align the beam under vacuum to the instrument.
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This new transparent glass, called "crystal," had replaced the greenish-tinted product, and theflatmirrorreplaced the medieval convex mirror, which often resulted in a distorted image.
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I understand that with the convex type there is a tendency to distort the image of the approaching vehicle, and that with theflatmirrorthe driver's view is restricted.
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This configuration utilizes a two-axis feedflatmirrorto reflect starlight into a fixed paraboloid of revolution (paraboloidal) mirror, usually with a horizontal optical axis.
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It illuminates a smaller area on the concave mirror, leading to a small beam-width on the way to theflatmirror.
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The front face should lie precisely in the plane of the elevation rotation axis to minimize the requiredflatmirroraperture.
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In the strip camera the ground image is reflected by a steerableflatmirrorto a 1.21m in diameter stationary concave primary mirror.
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A comparatively small tertiaryflatmirrorreflects the light to one of the sides of the telescope.
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The magnification of aflatmirroris equal to one.
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Thisflatmirroris placed on the altitude axis, so that the beam exits through a hole in the middle of the altitude bearing.
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The confocal laser cavity consisted of a spherical mirror at the output end with aflatmirrorat the center of curvature at the other end.
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The second form uses mutually perpendicular flat mirrors bracketing an air space.
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It utilized multiple flat mirrors, with a weather-proof backing that became an industry standard.
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Flat mirrors are not often used because of the difficulty of aligning them to the needed precision.
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A plane-parallel cavity with flat mirrors produces a flat zigzag light path, but as discussed above, these designs are very sensitive to mechanical disturbances and walk-off.
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For flat mirrors, the law of reflection implies that images of objects are upright and the same distance behind the mirror as the objects are in front of the mirror.
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Wikipedia
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