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Also known as retroflector, cataphote, reflector

A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects light or other radiation back to its source with minimum scattering. This works at a wide range of angle of incidence, unlike a planar mirror, which does this only if the mirror is exactly perpendicular to the wave front, having a zero angle of incidence. Being directed, the retroflector's reflection is brighter than that of a diffuse reflector. Corner reflectors and cat's eye reflectors are the most used kinds.

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Retroreflector
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A gold corner-cube retroreflector (made with three orthogonally joined flat mirrors)
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Distance measurement by optical delay line High-visibility markings in low-light conditions

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