reflected light
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreflectandlight
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reflect
verb
uk/rɪˈflekt/us/rɪˈflekt/
If a surface reflects light, heat, sound, or an image, it sends the light, etc. back and does not ...
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light
noun
uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofreflectandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thereflectedlightis linearly polarized in a 'horizontal' direction.
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Transmitted andreflectedlightare excluded from the values shown.
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The degree to whichreflectedlightvaries across an object's surface depends on its material properties.
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One element emits infrared light, whereas the other element receives thereflectedlightby obstacles.
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The stimulus conditions of these studies eliminate variation inreflectedlightacross the surface being judged.
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The result forreflectedlightin the foam experiments was 6 -9% of the laser light.
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Thereflectedlighttravels down the density gradient with increasing group velocity and will accelerate some electrons to higher energies.
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For opaque non-luminous surfaces this will be equivalent to the original definition of reflectance in terms ofreflectedlight.
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Averroes' way out of the quandary was to posit a "divine force", owing to which the heat is generated byreflectedlight.
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The projected image itself encounters rapid changes in scale, and often disintegrates into light patterns depending on the surface and angle ofreflectedlight.
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However, with the proposed reduction in seeding concentrations, the relatively higher level ofreflectedlightfrom the fragments may obscure areas of the mixing region.
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Preservation is rather poor due to complete carbonization and advanced degradation of fossils, which can only be observed inreflectedlight.
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One simple hypothesis about how observers integrate luminance and chromaticity across an object is that they take the spatial average of thereflectedlight.
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For all specimens figured, colour of fossils inreflectedlightis bluish-white and equal to other organic remains in the same samples.
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Reflectedlightfrom the tissue sample is combined withreflectedlightfrom the reference.
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Thus even when an object is made from a single homogeneous material, its shape can interact with the pattern of illumination to produce variation in thereflectedlight.
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Figure 24 illustrates a set of linked utterances during which the participants dealt with the issue of positioning thereflectedlightthat the planetary gear mechanism moves.
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