Venus is referred to as the Evening Star because it is the brightest planet that can be viewed from Earth. Its thick cloud cover is an excellent reflector of the Sun's light.
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Reflector
Synonyms for "reflector" (42 found)
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Related words (21)
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32 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaytarıcı noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отражател noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- рефлектор noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- рефлектор noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 反射器 noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
- 反射鏡 /反射镜 noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Czech
1 entries- odrazka noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Estonian
1 entries- helkur noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Finnish
2 entries- heijastin noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- heijastin noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
French
1 entries- réflecteur noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
German
1 entries- Reflektor noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Irish
1 entries- frithchaiteoir noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Italian
1 entries- riflettore noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Japanese
1 entries- 反射鏡 noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Korean
2 entries- 반사경 noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
- 반사체 noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- refleksbrikke noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- refleksbrikke noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
- reflektor noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- refleksbrikke noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- reflektor noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Piedmontese
1 entries- rifletor noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Polish
1 entries- odblask noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Romanian
1 entries- reflector noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Russian
2 entries- отража́тель noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
- рефле́ктор noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Swedish
1 entries- reflex noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
Turkish
3 entries- reflektör noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
- reflektör noun (small reflecting disk on a vehicle)
- yansıtıcı noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відбива́ч noun (something that reflects heat, light or sound)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
That sticker is covering the reflector.
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Apollo 11 astronauts set up the first reflector when they made the first manned flight to the moon nearly 40 years ago.
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Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
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