"half-silvered mirror" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-half-silvered_mirror-en-noun-pyIh2ewN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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