Mirror /(?)/
Mir·ror
Mirror
n.
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A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often viewèd fair.
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That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
She is mirour of all courtesy.
O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
- See Speculum. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Mirror carp
- a domesticated variety of the carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.
- Mirror plate
- A flat glass mirror without a frame
- Mirror writing
- a manner or form of backward writing, making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The substitution of this manner of writing for the common manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease.
Mirror
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Mirrored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mirroring
- To reflect, as in a mirror.
- To copy or duplicate; to mimic or imitate; as, the files at Project Gutenberg were mirrored on several other ftp sites around the world.
- To have a close resemblance to; as, his opinions often mirrored those of his wife.