parabolic reflector
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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
The transmitter consists of a parabolic reflector, at whose butt end is an enormous vacuum tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
At any distance the beam from the parabolic reflector will be more intense than that from the spherical one, since the rays will be closer together.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
