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A mirror which directs on to an optical system light emitted by the light source in directions other than that of the optical system, so as to increase the luminous intensity or the angle of divergence (or both) of the beam.
A mirror which directs on to an optical system light emitted by the light source in directions other than that of the optical system, so as to increase the luminous intensity or the angle of divergence (or both) of the beam.


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A mirror which directs on to an optical system light emitted by the light source in directions other than that of the optical system, so as to increase the luminous intensity or the angle of divergence (or both) of the beam.

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Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)