mirror
(mɪrəʳ )
Word forms: mirrors , mirroring , mirrored
1. countable noun A2
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.
Synonyms: looking-glass, glass [British], reflector, speculum
mirrored adjective
...a mirrored ceiling.
2. verb
If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it.
The book inevitably mirrors my own interests and experiences. [VERB noun]
His own shock was mirrored on her face. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: reflect, show, follow, match
3. verb
If you see something reflected in water, you can say that the water mirrors it. [literary]
...the sudden glitter where a newly-flooded field mirrors the sky. [VERB noun]
The ship would lie there mirrored in a perfectly unmoving glossy sea. [VERB-ed]
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hand mirror mirror a movement mirror a pattern mirror a trend mirror reality mirror reflection mirror reflects mirror society mirror surface mount a mirror one-way mirror secondary mirror side mirror telescope mirror wall mirror
She resisted the impulse to lift the hand mirror from the table and touch up her eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The dressing-table had a frilled flounce; and lying on it was a hand mirror ready to be picked up.
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I gelled it carefully before showing him the cut in my small hand mirror.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The result was a swarm that closely mirrored the movement of starlings in the real world.
Times, Sunday Times
Her head barely came up to his chest level as he mirrored her movements.
Times, Sunday Times
Sporting a long, white beard and rainbow tie-dyed pants, he mirrored my movements, dancing with me without ever touching my hands.
Globe and Mail
Cues, which often mirror the movements of an orchestral conductor, are directed at the participants, who respond to the leader.
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The pattern of the wall whirlpool mirrors the movement of the wheels turned by water stored in the adjacent lodges which once powered the local felt factory.
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Net exports did not mirror that pattern.
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The retreat mirrored a pattern in the stock markets.
Houston Chronicle
So an income that gently declines in purchasing power over the years (as a flat-rate annuity will do) mirrors this pattern well.
Times, Sunday Times
And the drop mirrors a trend towards smaller handbags.
The Sun
On a day of surreal sporting events, the first half of this replay mirrored the trend.
Times, Sunday Times
This mirrors a trend across the year, when celebrity-backed perfumes were falling out of favour.
Times, Sunday Times
In doing so, he mirrored a trend seen in almost every town across the country major retailers relocated from historic downtowns to larger facilities on their outskirts.
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People constantly make attributions regarding the cause of their own and others behaviors; however, attributions do not always accurately mirror reality.
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She knew it mirrored reality in millions of homes.
The Sun
But many economists pretended that their models mirrored reality, that markets always operate on perfect information provided by perfectly rational consumers, catered to by lenders capable of measuring risk.
Times, Sunday Times
They help make the mirror reflection feel a little less important.
Times,Sunday Times
An implied rhyme between balloon and baboon would emphasize this work's suggestion of mirror reflection.
The Times Literary Supplement
They showed that the mirror reflection point can be computed by solving an eighth degree equation in the most general case.
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The maze was either traced normally or traced using the mirror reflection of the maze.
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In one direction, the creases of the pattern lie along straight lines, with each parallelogram forming the mirror reflection of its neighbor across each crease.
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Set high in a room, too high to reflect people, this revolving mirror reflects further horizons.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a place where cars can fly and owls can deliver the mail, a place where paintings talk and the mirror reflects people's innermost desires.
Times, Sunday Times
Rather than reflect physical appearances, the mirror reflects the absolute truest nature of the observer.
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The mirror reflects light at different angles to create a beam with uniform power across the whole beam profile (a top hat profile).
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A comparatively small tertiary flat mirror reflects the light to one of the sides of the telescope.
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Cricket crowds mirror society in the way that alcohol takes a grip.
Times, Sunday Times
They are, after all, a microcosm of a society at large and their values mirror society's values.
Times, Sunday Times
It mirrored society, appealed to a whole new generation of sports fans.
Times, Sunday Times
Throughout the history of photography, buildings have been highly valued photographic subjects, mirroring society's appreciation for architecture and its cultural significance.
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Another common version first used to test photon mapping includes two spheres: one with a perfect mirror surface and one made of glass.
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These use a chilled mirror and optoelectronic mechanism to detect condensation on the mirror surface.
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With the formation of condensation on the mirror, the degree of cloudiness of the mirror surface increases with the direct transistor receiving less light and the indirect transistor more light.
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The result was that imperfections of the mirror surface matched the patterns on the back, although they were too minute to be seen by the eye.
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It has acres of silver and dark mirrored surfaces, contemporary colours, cool lights and cabins with balconies.
The Sun
Precision mirror mounts can be quite expensive, and a notable amount of engineering goes into their design.
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The controller drives some digital-to-analog converters which drive stepper motors attached to mirror mounts.
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The rear vision mirror mounted on the dash top moved off-centre over toward the driver's side.
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The voltage generated in the photomultiplier was used to drive galvanometers which had a small mirror mounted on the axis.
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It utilized a sixty foot multi-paneled mirror mounted on a revolving track to change backgrounds.
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Sitting behind the one-way mirror in the family therapy suite and watching the family session was, frankly, exciting.
Times, Sunday Times
Families like these find themselves on the wrong side of a one-way mirror.
Times, Sunday Times
He has rebuilt her apartment to include secret passageways and a one-way mirror, which he can use to watch her.
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During the test, students were taken into a room and connected to electrodes that monitored their physiological reactions, while facing bright lights and a one-way mirror.
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One-way mirrors and speaker/intercom systems allowed a professor to silently observe the classroom, but without being seen by the students or the student-teacher.
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He designed, assembled, tested and delivered diffraction-limited performance in its secondary mirror assembly.
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They are artifacts caused by light diffracting around the support vanes of the secondary mirror.
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This was to allow the same cell to measure both selective and full field for which the secondary mirror was larger than earlier cameras.
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The telescope had a small convex hyperboloidal secondary mirror placed near the prime focus to reflect light through a central hole in the main mirror.
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It has been upgraded, including the installation of a new secondary mirror.
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He checked his side mirror, gazing at the garage, perhaps, or at my grandmother in the kitchen window.
Times, Sunday Times
Tie a plastic bag over each side mirror: that way, the reflections will disappear and the mirror housings will be protected.
Times, Sunday Times
Then he adjusted his side mirror.
Times, Sunday Times
As her friends climb from the car and the driver stares into his side mirror, she reaches forward once, and then again, into the jar.
Times, Sunday Times
Side mirror changed from a round to rectangular shape.
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In the summer of 1975, the telescope mirror was improved to one tenth wavelength by a process of re-figuring and re-aluminumizing.
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This was something which newton proposed as an improvement on his second telescope mirror as he found that the metal was too soft due to the silver.
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It has been used as stiff lightweight structural material, specifically for support of reflecting telescope mirrors.
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This sometimes proved difficult, with the telescope mirrors sometimes having to be abandoned.
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The telescope mirrors are aligned within a fraction of a wavelength of visible light by actuators under each segment.
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Wall mirror, 79, ayersand graces.
The Sun
So keep it a light, neutral colour, put all 'stuff' into a smart console unit, throw in some reflected light from a wall mirror and have adequate artificial light.
The Sun
Exquisite table wares are also on display, and large wall mirror greets every visitor in the receiving area.
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Potter added her personal furnishings to the illustrations: her flowered washbasin, the cane chair where the kittens sit to be scrubbed, her hall clock and wall mirror.
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Wall mirrors are also a great decorative tool to bounce light around and make your rooms feel more spacious.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 镜子, 反映
Japanese: 鏡, よく似ている