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mirror Definition

mir·ror (mirər)

noun

  1. a smooth surface that reflects the images of objects; esp., a piece of glass coated on the reverse side as with silver or an amalgam
  2. anything that gives a true representation or description
  3. Rare something to be imitated or emulated; model
  4. Archaic a crystal used by fortune-tellers, sorcerers, etc.

Etymology: ME mirour < OFr mireor < VL *miratorium < mirare: see mirage

transitive verb

to reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of

mirror Synonyms

mirror

n.

looking glass, speculum, reflector, polished metal, imager, hand glass, cheval glass, pier glass, mirroring surface, camera finder, hand mirror, full-length mirror; see also glass 2.

mirror Synonyms

mirror

v.

mirror Usage Examples

Object

wardrobe: The spacious bedroom has a 5 ' pine bedstead, built in mirrored wardrobes, dressing table with drawers and bedside tables.

Converse of object

  • distort: The deformation being caused by the use of distorting mirrors.
  • illuminate: It may be helpful to adjust the illuminating mirror and point the illumination system slightly higher or lower than center.
  • crack: I check the clock and my shift is nearly finished so I hurry into the back room, and stare into the cracked mirror.

Adjective modifier

  • 4oz: Junior Henry Botham also did well catching a 21lb 4oz mirror from the Old Lake on a bottom fished boilie.
  • parabolic: Had the elevation of the parabolic mirror been a few yards higher, none could have lived to tell the tale.
  • full-length: The Bigger Picture Do you have a full-length mirror?
  • convex: The M2 mirror is a convex hyperbolic mirror with an external diameter slightly in excess of 1 meter.
  • deformable: In the calculation median seeing conditions are assumed, the zenith angle is zero, and the deformable mirror is conjugate to 6.5 km.
  • 24lb: SCM Phil Wright fished Temple Lake last week and managed a nice 24lb 6oz mirror.

Modifies a noun

  • carp: A large pond provides a home for mirror carp and other fish.
  • image: The Bible is a mirror image of our Beloved.
  • symmetry: His pioneering work on the variation of Hodge structure is now very important in the study of mirror symmetry.
  • maze: Can you envision a dancing waterfall maze, reflect upon a mesmerizing mirror maze or imagine a dangerous maze of flames?

Noun used with modifier

  • rear-view: Using a special bracket the camera is mounted directly onto the windshield next to or below the rear-view mirror.
  • Sunday: Next level after party is a sunday mirror sport.
  • shaving: As the poet himself writes in the fifth of seven poems entitled ' [ untitled ] ' : Shaving mirror.
  • wing: You cannot assume, for example, that a fingerprint on an outside wing mirror is evidence of taking a motor vehicle.
  • bathroom: Practice in front of your family or your bathroom mirror.

Present participle complement

weigh: Duncan also caught two smaller mirrors weighing 21lb 9oz and 20lb 5oz.

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