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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesplat réfléchissant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: plaʁeʃflɛʃɑ̃
"Le plat réfléchissant est utilisé pour concentrer la lumière."
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A dish designed to reflect light or heat, often used in solar energy applications.
"The solar cooker utilized a reflective dish to concentrate sunlight for cooking." - 2
A type of dish used in radio telescopes to collect and focus radio waves.
"The observatory's reflective dish was crucial for capturing distant cosmic signals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'reflective' originates from the Latin 'reflectere', meaning 'to bend back', while 'dish' comes from the Old French 'diss', which referred to a plate or shallow container. The combination reflects the function of a dish designed to reflect light or heat.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Reflective Dish" is said worldwide
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plat réfléchissant
Transliteration: plaʁeʃflɛʃɑ̃
"Le plat réfléchissant est utilisé pour concentrer la lumière."
reflektierendes Gericht
Transliteration: ʁeˈflɛk.tiː.ʁən.dəs ɡəˈʁɪçt
"Das reflektierende Gericht wird in der Solartechnologie verwendet."
piatto riflettente
Transliteration: ˈpjatto rifletˈtente
"Il piatto riflettente è essenziale per la raccolta di energia solare."
plato reflectante
Transliteration: ˈplato refleˈtante
"El plato reflectante se utiliza en los cocedores solares."
prato refletor
Transliteration: ˈpɾatu ʁefleˈtoʁ
"O prato refletor é usado para concentrar a luz solar."
परावर्तक थाली
Transliteration: parāvartak thālī
"परावर्तक थाली का उपयोग सौर ऊर्जा में किया जाता है।"
反射盘
Transliteration: fǎnshè pán
"反射盘用于集中太阳能。"
반사 접시
Transliteration: bansa jeopsi
"반사 접시는 태양열을 집중하는 데 사용됩니다."
反射皿
Transliteration: hansha sara
"反射皿は太陽エネルギーを集めるために使用されます。"
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