Usually means: Reflection back to the source.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. retroreflection: Merriam-Webster
  2. retroreflection: Collins English Dictionary
  3. retroreflection: Wiktionary
  4. retroreflection: Dictionary.com
  5. Retroreflection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retroreflection: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retroreflection)

▸ noun:  (physics) reflection in which the reflected rays are parallel to the incident rays

Similar:
superreflection, mirroring, complete internal reflection, mirror image, interreflection, mirrorful, anaclasis, echo, birefringency, conjugate mirror, more...

Opposite:
front reflection, direct reflection, specular reflection

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Similar:
superreflection, mirroring, complete internal reflection, mirror image, interreflection, mirrorful, anaclasis, echo, birefringency, conjugate mirror, more...

Opposite:
front reflection, direct reflection, specular reflection



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