retroreflective

retroreflective
retroreflection, n.
/re'troh ri flek"tiv/, adj.
of or pertaining to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
[1850-55; RETRO- + REFLECTIVE]

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