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parabolic reflector

NOUN
radio telescope
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Consider the parabolic reflector described by equation z = 20x2 + 20y2.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

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

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

A parabolic reflector picks up the sound from the mill, focuses it on a microphone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Camol left the laboratory and returned with a large coil on the top of which was mounted a parabolic reflector.

From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various




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