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- adjective Tending to
reflect light back to itssource with aminimum scattering of light.
Etymologies
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The new federally required "retroreflective" guard uniforms cost the tiny Demarest Police Department more than $2,000.
Latest News 2009
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The new federally required "retroreflective" guard uniforms cost the tiny Demarest Police Department more than $2,000.
Latest News 2009
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The new federally required "retroreflective" guard uniforms cost the tiny Demarest Police Department more than $2,000.
Latest News 2009
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"retroreflective" sheeting is a more effective innovation.
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"retroreflective" sheeting is a more effective innovation.
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It uses an infrared security camera modified with a IR long-pass filter and retroreflective tape to track the tumbleweed.
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Meanwhile, the Georgia Tech system essentially exploits the retroreflective property of digital camera lenses, says the story.
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Meanwhile, the Georgia Tech system essentially exploits the retroreflective property of digital camera lenses, says the story.
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"For those motorists, truck and bus drivers who travel the roads at night, these retroreflective measures must be the most obvious brilliant steps forward in road safety they have seen for years,"
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The concept is similar to that of a polarised retroreflective sensor; if the sensor cannot see the background (reflector), the output switches on - indicating that the target object is present.
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