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Old 09-03-2009, 06:53 PM   #5
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Let's see, the OED defines glare as: "[to] shine with a strong or dazzling light". The OED defines reflect as: "[to] throw back light without absorbing it". (It is actually the bending of the paths of photons. Photons are subatomic particles that sometimes exhibit wavelike properties and require particle physics to adequately define.) But who cares? The fact is that both glare and reflect can be used to describe the effect you are seeing.
Whew! For a minute there I was afraid we were going to be evoking quantum entanglement. And don't forget no one ever accused Heisenberg of arrogance, he was always too unsure of himself. Actually Jack just wanted to say 73.
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