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noun

a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.

such a surface set into a frame, attached to a handle, etc., for use in viewing oneself or as an ornament.

any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.

Optics. a surface that is either plane, concave, or convex and that reflects rays of light.

something that gives a minutely faithful representation, image, or idea of something else: Gershwin's music was a mirror of its time.

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a pattern for imitation; exemplar: a man who was the mirror of fashion.

a glass, crystal, or the like, used by magicians, diviners, etc.

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verb (used with object)

to reflect in or as if in a mirror.

to reflect as a mirror does.

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to mimic or imitate (something) accurately.

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to be or give a faithful representation, image, or idea of: Her views on politics mirror mine completely.

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adjective

12.

Music. (of a canon or fugue) capable of being played in retrograde or in inversion, as though read in a mirror placed beside or below the music.

Idiom

13.

with mirrors, by or as if by magic.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English mirour < Old French mireo(u)r, equivalent to mir- (see mirage) + -eo(u)r < Latin -ātor -ator

Related forms

mir·ror·like, adjective

un·mir·rored, adjective

Can be confused: mere, mère, mirror.

Synonyms
6. model, epitome, paradigm.

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Example Sentences

Scientists plumb the secrets of mirror neurons, which allow the brain to perform its highest tasks.

How public colleges mirror state financial-aid policies.

The finances of banks are a mirror of the economies where they are based.

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Scientists plumb the secrets of mirror neurons, which allow the brain to perform its highest tasks.

How public colleges mirror state financial-aid policies.

The finances of banks are a mirror of the economies where they are based.

Diwali decorations often incorporate tiny slivers of mirror that cast glittering reflections.

By the time, the light travel from you to the mirror and back to your eye, what you look at is a different you than yourself.

Around the same time, a cardinal had discovered himself in an old mirror we'd left leaning against a little shed outside.

You'll get the look of a pricey oversize mirror without spending the cash.

Rhesus macaque uses a mirror to groom the area around a head implant, which has been blocked for discretion.

When supporting a mirror while attaching it, keep your feet away from the wall in case the mirror slips from your grasp.

However, our educational-attainment levels do not mirror that finding.

The light then bounces off the bottom mirror, and then bounces again off the underside of the top mirror.

Asian elephants in mirror studies first explore the mirror as an object.

Our best conception of the cosmos is that of a curious monkey playing with a piece of broken mirror.

He also showed signs of being self-aware: he could recognize himself in a mirror.

Candle sconces on either side of the mirror add drama at night.

In the back of the mirror section are two storage slots where the blades are kept.

Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in a mirror.

His largest and best measured four feet in length, with a headlight-sized mirror and the zany appearance of a ray gun.

Mirror neurons neatly explain altruistic acts which do not need government programs to elicit them.

Antimatter particles are mirror opposites of normal matter particles.

Researchers have found the clearest evidence yet for a superconducting state that differs from its mirror image.

In the next instant this strange double shape, man and mirror image, will certainly be destroyed in the splash.

Then choose flowers, paint, and furnishings that mirror those colors.

At this point, your should have a mirror of your desktop on two screens.

Two recent events on the radar screens of philosophers stirred long looks in the rearview mirror.

The distortions of the mirror are used to improve the subject's perception of the chart.

When the animals woke up, they were shown their reflection in the mirror.

They do not recognize friends or family members or even themselves in a mirror.

She also gave me a tiny hairbrush, comb and mirror for my own dollhouse.

Be sure to make the leg pairs mirror images of each other, not identical.

Anorexics can estimate their height quite accurately when they stand in front of a mirror.

Mirror neurons allow you to put yourself in another person's shoes.

Asian elephants are one of only nine species that can recognize themselves in a mirror.

He is palpably shocked whenever he sees himself in a mirror.

As a result, the flow of the preferred molecule across the film was five times as fast as that of its undesirable mirror image.

To even get a glimmer of the mirror effect in life is beyond normal comprehension.

But a mirror as thin as this would also be flexible.

Experiments with a simple mirror setup can reveal much about the workings of the brain.

The intricate box, lined with blue velvet, contains pieces of mirror mounted on the rear surface.

The upshot is a mirror whose angle with respect to the light incident upon it can be changed at will.

Look in the mirror and know that women are thinkers, intellectuals, healers and progressive people.

The upshot is a mirror who angle with respect to the light incident upon it can be changed at will.

Arezzo-town after town appeared in our windshield, whipped by our side windows and vanished in our rearview mirror.

The part of the brain affected is the home of what is known as the mirror system.

The culprit, they say, stares at us from the bathroom mirror every day.

Looking in the mirror and recognizing oneself was long thought to be an ability reserved for humans.

If you will be placing the mirror where children play, use.

Looking closely in the mirror you could see a raised ring around the edge of where the lens was.

Then spend a moment or two peering lovingly into the mirror.

The genetic cause of mirror movements reveals how the nervous system is wired during.

It was, at the time, the largest telescope mirror ever made in.

Why it is a good idea to find people whose careers mirror yours.

DC, said that the river's fouled waters mirror a nationwide problem that threatens wildlife as well as human health.

The discovery of mirror neurons in the brains of macaques about ten years ago sent shockwaves through the neuroscience community.

The back of the mirror on display is adorned with a relief of cupids fishing.

Minimal plumbing fixtures and simple sconces mounted directly onto an unframed mirror keep the focus on natural materials.

For decades, the failure of rhesus macaque monkeys to recognize themselves in a mirror kept their species on the far.

After several days, though, he succeeded in doing the mirror drawing.

Empathy with others seems to be due to a type of brain cell called a mirror neuron.

Its findings mirror concerns over the shad's plight worldwide.

So-called mirror neurons in the brain mimic other people's movements and help stroke victims regain lost abilities.

The systems use mini lasers and a tiny pivoting mirror called a micro scanner, which is smaller than a pinhead.

Basically you can designate a folder on each computer and ensure that they always mirror each other.

Normally positronium can exist for only fractions of a millisecond before the two mirror particles annihilate each other.

She holds a flower to her hair and a mirror in her other hand.

What we're doing is holding a mirror up to reality, and hopefully it's an interesting mirror.

The digital shifts seen in education mirror changes in industry.

Yet investors-in both actively managed funds and in funds that mirror a particular stockmarket index-are smarting still.

Also, the still water serves as a mirror for the tree, and its reflection is what makes the photograph sing.

Their vivid shades mirror the glowing foliage worn by many trees this time of year.

While doing this they will position the mirror in different ways until you can see the speaker in the mirror.

There is only a single mirror and the choreography is complicated.

Hang the air freshener from the car's rearview mirror.

The cabinets and countertop along an entertainment bar mirror the kitchen connecting the two.

Put the double helix into a clear cylinder and stick a mirror on top.

People look into the internet the way they used to look into a mirror.

Now that women are free to work in any field, their choices are expected to mirror those of the men around them.

They catch the shards of mirror affixed to the ceiling.

No, the entire mirror factory isn't filled with smoke.

He was standing in his bathroom, looking in the mirror when it happened.

The latter may be a creative reimagining of the original, a faithful mirror image, an.

She was meant to keep holding up a mirror to her peers.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about.

He selected a crystal of ruby and coated each end with a silver mirror.

And next to that mirror is a megaphone to scream at everyone about.

When it looks at itself in the mirror it beholds a glamorous.

One mirror was thinner so that some of the light could escape as a beam.

Start with a silver-plated piece of copper and polish it to as close to a mirror finish as possible.

Universities mirror society in increasing economic inequality.

It was usually as a blurred face at the back of a painting, behind a huge plant, or casually in a hand mirror.

But such maneuvers have to wait until the sharp eyes of the camera traps get small in the rearview mirror.

Pyramidal housing for each mirror allows for bonus mystery-of-Egypt theme.

If it happens to youwell, try not to look in the mirror too much.

The hell scenario is eerily the mirror image of the heaven scenario.

There's also an image of her bare backside, taken as she looks into a mirror.

These are fun because everything is seen through a shattered mirror and float-y shadows and.

The customer may be the rear-view mirror but he's discovering the new acts online and the music industry has to follow.

The lady who had a mirror before cannot find the mirror now.

My attempts to disguise myself were generally fruitless, and maybe it was due to their recognition of the mirror pole.

Really now, dust off that mirror and take a good luck at your arrogance and maybe catch a glimpse of your ignorance too.

When a human baby looks at a mirror it eventually figures out that it is looking at itself.

My own experiences mirror that of many of my colleagues, unfortunately.

Enlargement fatigue has a mirror image: apathy and resentment.

The big mirror planned for this telescope intrigues.

To make one's own reflection in a mirror the subject of a story.

Part of the problem is the sheer ferocity of the downturn, a mirror image of the over-inflation of last year's bubble.

Your eyes meet the snake's beady gaze through a tiny mirror above your head.

Read it to your partner, or in a closet, or to a mirror with a timer running.

The percentages then switch, becoming nearly a mirror image of what they had been.

For those that don't get it, try to catch yourself quickly looking into the mirror.

Check yourself periodically in the mirror for make-up, hair, and clothing snafus.

Some have worried about the quality of online courses, which are meant to mirror campus counterparts.

In short mirror neurons ensure that each of us has an internal.

If the mirror were cast across the entire educational landscape, this would not fly.

My experience seems to closely mirror midwest_abd's.

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World English Dictionary

mirror (ˈmɪrə)

—n
1.	a surface, such as polished metal or glass coated with a metal film, that reflects light without diffusion and produces an image of an object placed in front of it
2.	such a reflecting surface mounted in a frame
3.	any reflecting surface
4.	a thing that reflects or depicts something else: the press is a mirror of public opinion

—vb
5.	(tr) to reflect, represent, or depict faithfully: he mirrors his teacher's ideals

[C13: from Old French from mirer to look at, from Latin mīrārī to wonder at]

'mirror-like

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

mirror

early 13c., from O.Fr. mireor "a reflecting glass," earlier miradoir (11c.), from mirer "look at," from V.L. *mirare, from L. mirari "to wonder at, admire" (see miracle). Fig. usage is attested from c.1300. The verb meaning "to reflect" is first attested 1820 in Keats's

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"Lamia." Related: Mirrored; mirroring. Used in divination since classical and biblical times; mirrors in modern England are the subject of at least 14 known superstitions, according to folklorists. Belief that breaking one brings bad luck is attested from 1777.

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Science Dictionary

mirror (mĭr'ər) Pronunciation Key
An object that causes light or other radiation to be reflected from its surface, with little or no diffusion. Common mirrors consist of a thin sheet or film of metal, such as silver, behind or covering a glass pane. Mirrors are used extensively in telescopes, microscopes, lasers, fiber optics, measuring instruments, and many other devices. See more at reflection.

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Computing Dictionary

mirror definition

1. Writing duplicate data to more than one device (usually two hard disks), in order to protect against loss of data in the event of device failure. This technique may be implemented in either hardware (sharing a disk controller and cables) or in software. It is a common feature of RAID systems.
Several operating systems support software disk mirroring or disk-duplexing, e.g. Novell NetWare.
See also Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
Interestingly, when this technique is used with magnetic tape storage systems, it is usually called "twinning".
A less expensive alternative, which only limits the amount of data loss, is to make regular backups from a single disk to magnetic tape.
2. mirror site.
(1998-06-11)

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