parabolic reflector
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If the surface of a parabolic reflector is described by equation 400z = x2 + y2, find the focal point of the reflector.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Consider the parabolic reflector described by equation z = 20x2 + 20y2.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
For instance, given the diameter and focus of a cross-section of a parabolic reflector, we can find an equation that models its sides.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Near the "sender" but unknown to him was installed a six-foot parabolic reflector to project any unconscious whispering toward the "receiver."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the passage it was too dark to see either his finger-tips or the minute texture of his hair; but my candle-lamp, with its parabolic reflector, would give ample light.
From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
