Usually means: Reflects light back to source.
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  1. retroreflective: Merriam-Webster
  2. retroreflective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retroreflective: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retroreflective: Wiktionary
  5. retroreflective: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. retroreflective: Dictionary.com
  7. Retroreflective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Retroreflective: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retroreflective)

▸ adjective:  Tending to reflect light back to its source with a minimum scattering of light.

Similar:
reflecting, reverberative, reflectent, shining, relucent, shiny, mirrorful, bemirrored, reverberant, mirrorlike, more...

Opposite:
non-retroreflective, diffuse, scattering

Types:
cat's eye, retroreflector, reflector, more...

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Similar:
reflecting, reverberative, reflectent, shining, relucent, shiny, mirrorful, bemirrored, reverberant, mirrorlike, more...

Opposite:
non-retroreflective, diffuse, scattering

Types:
cat's eye, retroreflector, reflector, more...



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