Assertion: spherical mirror | /r/CapableOf | behave to parabolic mirror
Facets:
value: very similarly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: However, a spherical mirror whose diameter is sufficiently small compared to the sphere's radius will behave very similarly to a parabolic mirror whose axis goes through the mirror's center and the center of that sphere; so that spherical mirrors can substitute for parabolic ones in many applications.