"half-silvered mirror" meaning in All languages combined

See half-silvered mirror on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half-silvered mirrors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-silvered mirror (plural half-silvered mirrors)
  1. (optics) A mirror that consists of an incomplete reflective coating, so that half of the incident light is reflected and the other half is transmitted.

Inflected forms

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