- paraboloidal-plane reflector
- = paraboloid-plane reflector; = paraboloid-flat reflector
English-Russian dictionary of telecommunications and their abbreviations. A.V. Alexandrov.. 2004.
English-Russian dictionary of telecommunications and their abbreviations. A.V. Alexandrov.. 2004.
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